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Police & Fire
Chester High School Football Player Killed In Shooting: Police
A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed on a street in Chester on Sunday evening, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 2. Zaheem Sabree was found with a gunshot wound to the head on East 24th Street near Crosby Street around 6:40 p.m., on June 30, city police detailed in the release. He was taken to an area hospital where he died from his wounds. Sabree played football at Chester High School, according to his account on Hudl.com. Police are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call Detective Michael Maher at 610-447-8428.
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MontCo High School Football Suspended After Young Spectator Shows Up With Gun
A Montgomery County high school football game was suspended after a spectator showed up with a gun, officials said. Cheltenham Schools Superintendent Brian Scriven said the Friday, Aug. 25 game against Abington was postponed after an attendee showed up with a gun at the Abington stadium. Important message from Dr. Scriven pic.twitter.com/WzhkVuSWKi — Cheltenham SD (@CheltenhamSD) August 26, 2023 According to 6abc, the juvenile suspect was spotted with a firearm by a parent, both inside the stadium. Police apparently found a handgun with an extended magazine on the suspect, who was esco…
Police & Fire
Bucks Man Argued With Students, Spit On Cop At School Football Game: Police
Police in Bucks County are searching for a man who they said spit on an officer at a high school football game. Tyler Devlin Cook, 30, of Doylestown, is wanted for felony assault and disorderly conduct, said Central Bucks Regional Police Department in a statement. Investigators said Cook was at a high school football game on Friday, Nov. 11 when he began loudly cursing at students in the bleachers. Cook then approached a police officer and began to argue with him, authorities said. When the officer told Cook to leave the area, police said the 30-year-old spit in the offic…
Schools
Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide
Investigation details and new charges have been released in the shocking deaths of two Conestoga Valley High School football players who died over the weekend of June 25. Tyler Zook, a 17-year-old Senior at Conestoga Valley High School from Lancaster, was the driver of the 2014 Hyundai Sante Fe; his girlfriend Amalie Wendt, an 18-year-old 2022 CV graduate from Ronks was the front-seat passenger; and Tyreese Smith, a 16-year-old CV Junior from Lancaster, was a rear-seat passenger when the group was going over 90 mph in 40 mph zone of the 500 block of Willow Road around 12:13 a.m., according t…
Schools
Large Police Presence Reported At Philly Area High School
A threat cleared Coatesville Area High School just before 1 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, officials said. A large police presence was reported at the school in the early afternoon. A Chester County official said authorities were responding to a threat directed at the school but declined to comment further. Students were moved to the football stadium as authorities swept the building, the outlet said. The school canceled its homecoming football game on Oct. 7 after an online threat was deemed "credible" by law enforcement. The school was searched for weapons by police canine units on Thursda…
Police & Fire
Teen Football Player Killed In Allentown Shooting Was 'Full Of Life'
The William Allen High School football team is mourning the loss of one of its own. Treshawn J. Tracy, 15, died on Sunday, Sept. 25 after being shot in the area of 6th Street and Tilghman Street in Allentown, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Allentown boy was pronounced dead at the scene around 3:15 p.m. and his death was ruled a homicide, the coroner said. Tracy was a sophomore at the high school and a junior varsity football player, a school district spokesperson confirmed to The Morning Call. Meanwhile, a GoFundMe page was launched to help the Tracy family…
Police & Fire
Gunfire Rings Out After Philly HS Football Game: Report
No one was injured when shots rang out after a high school football game in Philadelphia on Friday, Sept. 23, 6abc reports. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. outside the field on 48th Street and Spruce Street, the outlet says. Police have only said they discovered shell casings around the scene, where the Lincoln High School team and the West Philadelphia High School team were competing, according to the outlet. Click here for more from 6abc.
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10 Teens Charged For 'Sexual Hazing' At Central PA High School: DA
A month-long investigation into allegations of hazing on a high school football team has led to charges against 10 teenagers, according to the Dauphin County District attorney's office. The Middletown Area school district began investigating a hazing that happened on August 11, 2022—after a cellphone video film by high school football players was shared on social media. The high school's football team's season was canceled after a second video surfaced on Wednesday, August 24. Both videos show incidents of hazing happening in the "high school turf room for heat acclimation pract…
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Sexual Hazing 'Much More Widespread' Prompts PA School District To Cancel Football Season
An additional video of hazing at a central Pennsylvania high school prompts the district to reverse its decision and end its football season early. The Middletown Area school district began investigating a hazing that happened on August 11, 2022—after a cellphone video film by high school football players was shared on social media— but on Wednesday, August 24, the school announced at least one more video. Both videos show incidents of hazing happening in the "high school turf room for heat acclimation practice sessions," Dr. Chelton Hunter, Superintendent of Scho…
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Children 'Not Penetrated' During Hazing Among Reasons PA School District Didn't End Football
UPDATE: The Middletown Area School District reversed its decision and cancelled the high school's football season after at least one more video of hazing surfaced, Dr. Chelton Hunter, Superintendent of Schools for the Middletown Area School District stated in a second letter on Wednesday, August 24. You can read about this change in the decision here. ORIGINAL: Disturbing details about sexual hazing have been released as a central Pennsylvania school district announces that they will not end the football season early. The Middletown Area school district began investigating a h…
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PA HS Football Player Charged With Felony For Attacking Referee
A central Pennsylvania high school football player is facing multiple criminal charges for attacking an official during last Friday night's game, according to police. Tyree Dyrell Brooks, 18, of York and a senior linebacker at Spring Grove High School, tackled and hit Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association official referee Richard Delaughter. Once Delaughter was on the ground Brooks “forcefully tackled and punched the victim on his head causing injury.” according to court documents. Brooks was removed by adult members of the Spring Grove Area High School football team. He was …
Police & Fire
Gunfire Rings Out Near High School Football Game In Chester
Gunfire that rang out near a high school football Saturday was unrelated to the athletic event itself, police in Chester said. Officers heard shots fired around 2:40 p.m. near 10th & Lamokin streets -- around the same time and location of a football game, Chester Police Capt. James Chubb said. Further investigation determined the incident happened on the 1200 block of West 10th Street, between to gunmen, police said. Numerous vehicles and two structures were struck by gunfire and no injuries were reported. The suspects appeared at no time to be shooting in the direction…
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