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GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police
GOT HIM! Man Shot Girl In 'Pelvic Region' After She Denied Him Sex At PA Hotel Arrested: Police UPDATE: Daronte Anthony Brown, 18, of Monroeville has been arrested without incident in connection with this shooting on Feb. 21, 2023, following an anonymous 911 tip, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers announced on March 2, 2023. Updated court documents were unavailable when Daily Voice inquired that day.  ORIGINAL:  A 16-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend were shot at while waiting for an Uber at a Pittsburgh area Red Roof Inn, because the older girl "refused to do sex stuff," with a Monroeville man, authorities detail quoting witnessing in the court documents obtained by Daily V…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals
Civilian Shot At South Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop 'In Presence Of' State Police, US Marshals A SWAT team was at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop where state authorities said a male civilian was shot "in the presence of law enforcement." Authorities haven't identified the man, disclosed his condition or specified why and how he was wounded at the Clara Barton Service Area near the turnpike's southernmost in Salem County's Pedricktown shortly after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. The incident "involved members of the New Jersey State Police and the United States Marshals Service," a four-sentence release from State Attorney General Matthew Platkin's Office says. No officers reportedly we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida
TV Journalist From Philadelphia Killed Covering Shooting In Florida A Philadelphia-raised TV news reporter was shot and killed while covering an earlier shooting in Florida, his station confirmed. Dylan Lyons, 24, a Spectrum News 13 reporter died when the suspect in an earlier incident returned to the crime scene and opened fire Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 22, his Orlando station reported Thursday, Feb. 23. A photo journalist from the station was critically injured. Lyons had been covering an earlier homicide investigation in Pine Hills, just outside of Orlando, when 19-year-old Keith Melvin Moses returned to the scene and opened fire, according to Sheriff J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Memorial For Councilman Shot Dead At PSE&G Will Help Daughter Through College In PA Memorial For Councilman Shot Dead At PSE&G Will Help Daughter Through College In PA
Memorial For Councilman Shot Dead At PSE&G Will Help Daughter Through College In PA A former PSE&G employee shot and killed his supervisor outside the utility company's Somerset County facility on Wednesday, Feb. 8,  authorities say.  But this "one-of-a-kind" man's legacy will live on through his daughter, according to his family. Russell "Russ" D. Heller, 51-year-old councilman in Milford, NJ, was gunned down by 58-year-old Gary T. Curtis on Weston Canal Road in Franklin Township shortly after 7 a.m. Feb. 8, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Curtis soon turned the gun on himself, and both men died the same day, as Daily Voice previously reported.  H…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Four Hospitalized Following Shooting At Lancaster Co. McDonald's Four Hospitalized Following Shooting At Lancaster Co. McDonald's
Four Hospitalized Following Shooting At Lancaster Co. McDonald's Four people were hospitalized and no one has been arrested following a shooting at a McDonald's near a Lancaster County high school, authorities say.  The shooting happened after a fight at the Lancaster McDonald's at 525 North Franklin Street near McCaskey High School on Thursday, January, 26 around 9:20 p.m., Lancaster Bureau of police say.  "Four shooting victims arrived at a local hospital via private means," the police stated in an updated release the following morning. "All four had suffered non-life-threatening injuries."  This was not "a random act" and the police do…

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by Jillian Pikora
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UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review
Update: Police-Involved Shooting Death Of South Jersey Man Under Mandatory State Review The death of a South Jersey man in a confrontation with police is under a mandatory review by an arm of the state Attorney General's Office, authorities said. Daniel Nevius Sr., 55, of Sicklerville, was shot and killed in a wooded area of the Gloucester County town of Deptford on Sunday, Jan. 22. Officers confronted Nevius at a location on Fox Run Road in response to a 911 call shortly before 1:30 p.m., according to a release from NJ Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. They were joined there by New Jersey State Police troopers, neighbors said. A short time later, Deptford Police…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Walk In The Park Ends With Shooting In Lebanon: Police Walk In The Park Ends With Shooting In Lebanon: Police
Walk In The Park Ends With Shooting In Lebanon: Police A walk in the park turned out to be no walk in the park for a man who was shot in the leg in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, police say. The Lebanon City police were called to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of Lehman Street at Monument Park on January 17 around 5:30 p.m., according to a release by the department the following morning.  "Upon arrival police spoke with the 39-year-old victim who had a single gunshot wound to his leg. The victim reported that he became involved in an argument between two other persons while walking in the park. One of those subject reported shot hi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Masked Burglar Who Shot At Homeowner At-Large In York County, Police Say Masked Burglar Who Shot At Homeowner At-Large In York County, Police Say
Masked Burglar Who Shot At Homeowner At-Large In York County, Police Say A masked man who broke into someone's property and opened fire at them is on the loose in York County, police say.  Spring Garden Township police were called after the homeowner spotted the masked man or older teen in his detached garage in the 900 block of South Edgar Street on Jan. 14 around 2:45 a.m. The homeowner went into the garage and the man turned and shot at the homeowner before fleeing, according to the police release on Wednesday, January 18.  The homeowner was unharmed but the burglar but the suspect is at large, police say.  He is described as a thin man,…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say
Teen Killed At PA Movie Theater Was 'Specifically Targeted,' Police Say A Pennsylvania teenager who was the victim of a targeted shooting in the lobby of a Luzerne County movie theater has died from his injuries, according to state police. Luis Manuel Luna, 19, of Hazleton, died from injuries sustained in a shooting at approximately 8;15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Regal Cinema on Laurel Mall Drive in the Hazle Township. According to police, Manuel Luna suffered multiple gunshot wounds while he was in the arcade and lobby area of the theater before the gunman fled the area. Manuel Luna was transported to Lehigh Valley Hazleton for treatment and evaluati…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Met-Ed Lebanon Shot At, Police Say Met-Ed Lebanon Shot At, Police Say
Met-Ed Lebanon Shot At, Police Say Someone opened fire at the Met-Ed building in Lebanon on Thursday night, according to the police.  Police were called to shots fired at the building at 600 South 5th Avenue on Friday, January 13, 2023, at 5:57 a.m. Upon further investigation, it was clear that no one was hurt but "the front doors of the building had been struck by three bullets," the South Lebanon Township police say.  The police think the shooting happened around 11 p.m.  Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the police. 

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by Jillian Pikora
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PHOTOS: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee PHOTOS: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee
Photos: Suspect Shot During DEA Operation In Fort Lee One suspect was hospitalized and three others were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon after a shooting in Fort Lee, witnesses said. Members of a DEA task force out of Newark were conducting an operation when gunfire erupted on Whiteman Street off Lemoine Avenue near the Whiteman Park Plaza around 1:30 p.m., knowledgeable law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. At least 20 rounds had been fired, some of which struck a Toyota sedan that slammed head-on into a utility pole. Two DEA agents were believed to have discharged their weapons. The wounded suspect is tended to on Whiteman Str…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Arrested For Shooting Man In Back At York County Basketball Court: Police Teen Arrested For Shooting Man In Back At York County Basketball Court: Police
Teen Arrested For Shooting Man In Back At York County Basketball Court: Police Exactly 18 months to the day after 20-year-old Justin Griffith was shot in the back, his accused killer, a local teenager has been arrested, authorities announced at a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2022. Griffith of the 1400 block of 3rd Avenue, Garden Springs Township died at an area hospital after he was shot in the parking lot of Cousler Park at 1060 Church Road on Monday, July 5, 2021, at 9 p.m., according to Northern York County Regional police. A second victim, an unnamed 21-year-old man arrived at the hospital by private vehicle. He was treated for a non-life-threat…

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by Jillian Pikora