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Resident Shot Dead Answering Front Door Of Northeast Philly Home: Detectives
Police have identified the Northeast Philadelphia man who was shot and killed answering his door late Thursday night, Dec. 28. Bilal Henry, 33, heard a loud knocking at his 3500 Woodhaven Road apartment sometime before 11:30 p.m., according to investigators. When he opened the door, he was shot multiple times in the torso, police said. First responders pronounced Henry dead at the scene minutes later, authorities said. Detectives said other people were in the home at the time of the shooting but that none of them were injured. No motive is apparent to investigators and no…
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Feds Charge NJ, PA Firearm Companies With Illegally Storing, Selling Ghost Guns
Three New Jersey and Pennsylvania-based firearms dealers and vendors are being charged with civil complaints for failing to comply with New Jersey’s firearms public nuisance law, federal officials announced. The charges come against FSS Armory, a New Jersey licensed gun dealer, and two Pennsylvania-based gun companies, Patriot Enterprises Worldwide LLC, a gun show company known more commonly as Eagle Shows, and Not An LLC, a ghost gun products vendor doing business as JSD Supply, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Tuesday, Dec. 12. FSS Armory, in Pine Brook, stored …
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Teen Accused Of Murdering 18-Year-Old 'In Search Of A Better Future' In Maryland
Officers in Maryland have arrested a man who allegedly was responsible for the murder of a Cuban national, who had been living in Pennsylvania, and was found dead in Baltimore last month, authorities announced on Monday. City resident Marques Harris, 18, has been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Carlos Carrazana-Ricardo, who was struck by a stray bullet in November, the Baltimore Police Department announced on Monday. At around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, officers responded to a reported shooting in the 600 block of North Dukeland Street after being approached by…
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Man Killed, Woman Hurt In Early Morning Shooting At Philadelphia Home: PD
One person is dead after gunfire rang out at a Philadelphia home early Monday morning, Dec. 4, city police told Daily Voice. Authorities responded to a residence on the 7300 block of Sommers Road around 12:45 a.m., the department said. They arrived to find a 44-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest and right arm, according to officials. He was taken to Einstein Hospital and later died from his injuries, authorities said. His name was not reported. A 45-year-old woman was shot once in the left high and also taken to Einstein, where she was placed in stable …
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Alleged Straw Gun Buyer Put 20+ Illegal Firearms On Pennsylvania Streets, AG Says
A Philadelphia man is accused of putting nearly two dozen illegal guns in the hands of criminals, according to prosecutors. Michael Bickle is charged with making 23 "straw purchases" of firearms, said the Attorney General's Office in a release Friday, Dec. 1. Authorities believe the illegal sales date back to 2014 but said most of the straw guns — 21 of them — were purchased in 2022. None of the guns were reported lost or stolen before Bickle allegedly sold them to people ineligible for firearm ownership, the AG's Office said. Six of the guns have since t…
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Two Hurt In Daylight Shooting At Delco Gas Station, Officials Say
Collingdale police are investigating a double shooting at a borough gas station early this week. It happened at the Sunoco on the corner of MacDade Boulevard and Roberta Avenue on Monday, Nov. 27, authorities said. Police were called to the scene around 12:30 p.m. and found one man suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand. He was treated at the scene by Collingdale Fire Company and taken to a nearby hospital, the department said. Hours later, a second man admitted himself to a Philadelphia hospital with a gunshot wound, according to police. No arrests have b…
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Cowboy Homicide: Feud Between Men Ends With Murder, Affidavit
A cowboy has been killed in a shooting marking the tragic end of a feud with another man in a neighboring county, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Aiden Kimmet, 25 of New Providence, died at Lancaster General Hospital after being shot with a pistol "multiple times," by 24-year-old Bryan Charles Hollister, 24 of Windsor, as stated in the PSP release. Troopers were called to "a reported shooting and possible homicide" at a home in the 60 block of Main Street, near Truce Road, in New Providence at 11:20 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, police said. When Troopers arrived they fo…
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Witnesses Hold Down Shooter After Broad Daylight Killing In Montco: DA
A group of bystanders restrained a suspected killer in Pottstown on Friday afternoon and held him down until police arrived, said the District Attorney's Office. A man was shot and killed just after 12 p.m. on Nov. 22 on South Hanover Street near the Pottstown Train Station, said prosecutors. Police arrived to find a group of witnesses holding down the alleged shooter near the railroad tracks, according to officials. The victim has been identified but authorities are withholding his name until loved ones are notified, the DA said. Investigators believe he was shot at…
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Woman Found Dead From Gunshot Wound To Head In North Philadelphia: Police
Philadelphia police responded to a report of an armed person early Wednesday morning and arrived at the scene to find a woman dead, the department told Daily Voice. Officers arrived at the 700 block of West Norris Street shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 22, authorities said. The victim, thought to be in her late 30s, had a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to PPD. No weapons were recovered at the scene and no arrest had been made by midday Friday, police said. The Homicide Detective Division is investigating.
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'70 Rounds Fired' Leaves 7 Shot, 2 Killed In Philadelphia: Police (
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(Note: This story has been updated with new details from Philadelphia police.) Details are emerging in the North Philadelphia mass shooting incident that killed two and sent five more to the hospital on Tuesday night, Nov. 21. The gunfire rang out on the corner of North 6th and North Fairhill streets around 8:30 p.m., authorities said. "At least 70 rounds were fired," the Philadelphia Police said. Two men, 31-year-old Roger Marquez and 38-year-old Leon Pierre, were shot multiple times and taken to Temple University Hospital where they died, according to PPD. Other vi…
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'John' Shoots At DC Prostitute After 'Golden Shower' At PA Days Inn: Police
A man is in the hospital and a Washington, DC woman — who previously pleaded guilty to prostitution in Maryland — has been arrested in Pennsylvania after a bizarre situation at a Days Inn, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 20. Brittany Kemi Abosede, 34 originally from the US Capitol City of Washington, most recently of York, PA, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 19, in what Northern York County Regional police Lt. Gregg Anderson called a "shots fired" incident. Abosede was found by NYCRPD officers who were responding to the incident in the parking lot of the Days Inn located at 334 Arse…
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Reading Driver Shot In Car, Police Say
Reading police are investigating after a driver was hospitalized with gunshot wounds on Sunday evening, Nov. 19, authorities told Daily Voice. It happened on the 800 block of Ritter Street, the department said. The victim, a 50-year-old man, was shot multiple times in the lower half of his body, said police. He was taken to Reading Hospital, though his condition was not reported. The shooting is under investigation and there is no threat to the public at this time, authorities added.
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