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Police Name Victim In Deadly Northeast Philly Shooting Police Name Victim In Deadly Northeast Philly Shooting
Sawee Kofa Shot And Killed In Northeast Philadelphia: PPD Authorities have identified the 27-year-old man shot and killed in Northeast Philadelphia's Oxford Circle on Sunday night, March 3.  Sawee Kofa, 27, of Lawndale section, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest around 11:30 p.m., city police told Daily Voice.  Investigators said he was shot on the 5800 block of Castor Avenue.  Kofa was pronounced dead at the scene, police wrote. No weapons were recovered from the area and no arrests have been made as of Monday morning, March 4.  A SEPTA spokesperson said Kofa and a suspect were passengers on the same Route 59 bus an…

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by Mac Bullock
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Decapitated Body Found In North Philly Home: Report Decapitated Body Found In North Philly Home: Report
Decapitated Body Found In North Philly Home: Report Police are investigating after a decapitated woman's body was recovered in a north Philadelphia home, according to a report by CBS News.  Authorities were called to a home on the 300 block of Magee Avenue in the Lawndale section of the city's northeast side just before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, the outlet wrote.  Sources told CBS News the scene was "horrific" and said the woman was headless when found, according to the report.  #BREAKING: Police say a woman was found dead inside a home in the 300 block of Magee Ave in NE Philly around 12:45. Sources describe the scene as horrific and…

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by Mac Bullock