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24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD

24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD

24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD A 24-year-old driver is in critical condition after he was shot in Philadelphia's University City section just after sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. 15, city police told Daily Voice. It happened on the 700 block of South 42nd Street around 6:15 a.m., the department said. Officers were called for an armed suspect and arrived to find the victim in a car with gunshot wounds to his chest, back, and throughout the torso, authorities said. He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in "critical but stable" condition, police said. A weapon was recovered from the car t…

08/15/2023

Police & Fire

Double Deadly Restaurant Shoot Out In Philadelphia

Double Deadly Restaurant Shoot Out In Philadelphia

Double Deadly Restaurant Shoot Out In Philadelphia Two men were killed when shots rang out at a Philadelphia takeout restaurant late on Wednesday, Aug. 9, city police told Daily Voice. Officers were called about an armed suspect on the 100 block of East Tioga Street around 11:40 p.m., the department said. They arrived to find two men suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, according to investigators. Both were rushed to Temple University Hospital, police said. One man, 40, had "suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body" and died from his injuries just after midnight on Thursday, Aug. 10. The other, 44, was hit i…

08/10/2023

Police & Fire

Husband Prime Suspect In Wife's Deadly Shooting In PA: Police

Husband Prime Suspect In Wife's Deadly Shooting In PA: Police

Husband Prime Suspect In Wife's Deadly Shooting In PA: Police A 49-year-old man is accused of shooting his wife point-blank on the side of a Pennsylvania highway and then phoning police to turn himself in, authorities say. Igancio Peralta-Agramonte is charged with the first-degree murder of his wife, 44-year-old Librada Reyes De Peralta, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice and state court records. It started just after sunrise on Friday, Aug. 4, police wrote in court filings. A Northern Berks Regional police officer was called to the intersection of Route 61 and Snyder Road in Ontelaunee Township after passin…

08/08/2023

Police & Fire

PLAYGROUND SHOOTING: 5 Teens Injured In Philadelphia

PLAYGROUND SHOOTING: 5 Teens Injured In Philadelphia

Playground Shooting: 5 Teens Injured In Philadelphia Five teenagers are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after shots rang out at a North Philadelphia park late on Sunday, Aug. 6, authorities told Daily Voice. It happened at the Helen G. Sturgis Playground on the corner of North 2nd Street and West 65th Avenue in East Oak Lane around 11:15 p.m., police said. They arrived to find: A 16-year-old girl shot in the right thigh A 16-year-old boy shot in the left ankle A 17-year-old boy shot in the buttocks Police took all three to Albert Einstein Medical Center where each was placed in stable condition, the department said. T…

08/07/2023

Police & Fire

Four Killed In Single Night In Philadelphia: Police

Four Killed In Single Night In Philadelphia: Police

Four Killed In Single Night In Philadelphia: Police Four people are dead in three separate incidents that unfolded Thursday, Aug. 3 in Philadelphia, city police told Daily Voice. It started in Olney around 7:30 p.m., the department said. A 32-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds "throughout the body" in a home on the 5900 block of North 3rd Street, according to authorities. Outside, a 31-year-old man was also found with multiple gunshot wounds, they continued. Police took both to Einstein Medical Center where they both died around 8 p.m., the department said. No arrests had been made as of Friday morning.&nb…

08/04/2023

Police & Fire

Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities

Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities

Victim Shot Dead In Broad Daylight On Philly Street: Authorities Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was shot dead in the middle of a city street on Monday, July 31, the department told Daily Voice. It happened on the 2500 block of North Reese Street, police said. The victim, 31, was found at the scene by first responders with gunshot wounds to his neck, back, and hand, investigators said. He was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, according to authorities. No arrests had been made and no weapon recovered as of Monday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing. PPD did not report the victim's name.

07/31/2023

Police & Fire

2-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead In Philadelphia Home: Police

2-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead In Philadelphia Home: Police

2-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead In Philadelphia Home: Police A 2-year-old child is dead after being shot in the head by a teenager in a Philadelphia home on Thursday, July 27, city police confirmed to Daily Voice. It happened just before noon in a second-floor bedroom of a home on the 1600 block of North 29th Street, the department said. The girl was taken to Temple University Hospital by private car where she was pronounced dead at 12:33 p.m., according to authorities. The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, lives in the home but it was unclear to police Thursday afternoon if he was related to the victim. The weapon has been recovered, they add…

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Relatives Accused Of Killing Man At MD Hotel After Dispute With His Family Member: Police

Relatives Accused Of Killing Man At MD Hotel After Dispute With His Family Member: Police

Relatives Accused Of Killing Man At MD Hotel After Dispute With His Family Member: Police Three people are in custody for their alleged roles in the fatal shooting of a man in a Maryland hotel after reportedly getting into a disagreement with a member of his family. Ade Boggs, 18, Te Shear Baxter, 28, and Tequoia Baxter, 32, relatives living in Philadelphia, have been arrest and accused of their roles in the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Oxon Hill resident Demetric Martin last weekend. Officers were called to the La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham DC Metro Capital Beltway on Hampton Park Boulevard in Capitol Heights at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, where ther…

07/27/2023

Police & Fire

Man Shot Dead Outside Philadelphia YMCA ID'd

Man Shot Dead Outside Philadelphia YMCA ID'd

Man Shot Dead Outside Philadelphia YMCA ID'd Police in Philadelphia have named the 18-year-old man shot dead outside a YMCA on Wednesday, July 26. Sadiq Dove of Grays Ferry was on the 900 block of South 17th Street when four armed men pulled up in a car and opened fire around 7:15 p.m., the department told Daily Voice. #Philadelphia🚨WATCH & LISTEN: People run for cover in Graduate Hospital as 3 gunmen open fire on an 18 yr old man. The victim was shot several times and died at Penn Presbyterian pic.twitter.com/zppC0J5SKl — PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) July 27, 2023 He was shot "multiple times in the head and legs" an…

07/27/2023

Obituaries

Reading Shooting Victim Was Father Of Six, Loved Ones Say

Reading Shooting Victim Was Father Of Six, Loved Ones Say

Reading Shooting Victim Was Father Of Six, Loved Ones Say Ellis Garman Sr., a Reading husband and father of six, was shot and killed in his car on Friday, June 21, city police said. He was 44. Garman's suspected killer, 32-year-old Vincent Sanchez, is currently sought by police on an arrest warrant. Born in Fort Worth, Texas to the late Gene Garman and Jean (Kohl) Miley, Garman was the husband of Amaryllis N. Garman, according to his obituary. Loved ones said he leaves behind six children: Michael Perez, Milemi Perez, Luisa Perez, Ellis Garman Jr., Tiara Rodriguez, and Roberto Hernandez. "A husband father and brother has been taken too early f…

07/25/2023

Police & Fire

Thousands Raised For Man Shot During Botched Robbery In Philadelphia

Thousands Raised For Man Shot During Botched Robbery In Philadelphia

Thousands Raised For Man Shot During Botched Robbery In Philadelphia Friends and loved ones are pitching in to help a Philadelphia man who was assaulted and shot during a robbery attempt last week. Anthony "Bubs" Pierson was walking home from the Ukrainian Club in Fairmount around 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, said his cousin Monica on GoFundMe. When he got to the corner of North 23rd and Aspen Streets, "two to three men" hopped out of a car and began robbing him at gunpoint, Monica wrote. "Bubs was pistol-whipped in his head multiple times before being shot in the right side of his abdomen," she said. Nearby police officers whisked Pierson to Jefferson…

07/25/2023

Police & Fire

Reading Driver Shot Dead In Car, Suspect On The Run: Police

Reading Driver Shot Dead In Car, Suspect On The Run: Police

Reading Driver Shot Dead In Car, Suspect On The Run: Police Authorities in the city of Reading are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a man in his car in broad daylight on Friday, July 21. Ellis Garman Sr., 44, was found in his car on South 6th Street with a gunshot wound around 2:30 p.m., police said in a release. He was taken to Reading Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds, they added. Now, authorities have named the suspect as 32-year-old Vincent Sanchez. Sanchez is wanted on an arrest warrant and anyone with information is asked to call RPD at 610-655-6116.

07/24/2023