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Police Shoot, Kill Dog Mauling Man In Philadelphia: Authorities Police Shoot, Kill Dog Mauling Man In Philadelphia: Authorities
Police Shoot, Kill Dog Mauling Man In Philadelphia: Authorities A Philadelphia police officer is on administrative leave after authorities said he shot and killed a dog during a mauling on Wednesday, May 1.  PPD said an officer was patrolling near Fairmount Avenue and Union Street when a passerby told him there were "loose dogs" down the road.  The officer found three pit bulls and a cane corso attacking a 53-year-old man, police said. He "attempted to use his siren to distract the dogs, but they continued their attack," the department said.  That's when police say the officer got out of his vehicle and fired multiple shots at the d…

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by Mac Bullock
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Boy, 17, Stabbed Outside Philadelphia High School: Police Boy, 17, Stabbed Outside Philadelphia High School: Police
Boy, 17, Stabbed Outside Philadelphia High School: Police Philadelphia police are investigating after a teenager was stabbed outside a public high school on Friday afternoon.  Authorities were called to Parkway West High School, 4725 Fairmount Avenue, around 2:35 p.m. on May 26 for a reported incident, the department told Daily Voice.  The victim, a 17-year-old boy, was found to have one stab wound to the "right buttock," police said. Officers took him to Presbyterian Hospital where he was placed in stable condition, they added.  No arrests had been made as of Friday evening, and no weapon was recovered from the scene, according to…

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by Mac Bullock
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Driver Who Killed Grandmother During Wild Pursuit Identified By Police In Philadelphia Driver Who Killed Grandmother During Wild Pursuit Identified By Police In Philadelphia
Driver Who Killed Grandmother During Wild Pursuit Identified By Police In Philadelphia Police have identified the erratic driver who was fleeing police when he struck several vehicles, killing a 78-year-old woman in one last week in Philadelphia. Jovan Lowe is wanted for murder, homicide by vehicle and more in connection with the crash on Wednesday, Dec. 28 in Mantua, city police said. Lowe was in a stolen Jeep when he plowed into Julia Abraham's car and five others on the 3700 block of Fairmount Avenue, authorities said. Abraham was identified in a GoFundMe account as a grandmother.

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by Cecilia Levine