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Man Sitting In Car Shot Dead: Philadelphia Police Man Sitting In Car Shot Dead: Philadelphia Police
Man Sitting In Car Shot Dead: Philadelphia Police Authorities in Philadelphia are searching for answers after a man was murdered while sitting in his car.  It happened in West Philly just before 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21, the department told Daily Voice. Officers were called to the 100 block of South Cecil Street near Chestnut Street for reports of a man shot.  They arrived to find the victim, a 29-year-old, sitting in a Chrysler with two gunshot wounds to the right side of his head, police said. Medical personnel rendered aid at the scene but the victim was unresponsive and pronounced dead just before 11 p.m., the departme…

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by Mac Bullock
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'54th Street' Gang Robbed Bucks, Montco Gun Shops; 13 Charged '54th Street' Gang Robbed Bucks, Montco Gun Shops; 13 Charged
'54th Street' Gang Robbed Bucks, Montco Gun Shops; 13 Charged More than a dozen people are charged in connection with a string of brazen break-ins at gun stores across greater Philadelphia, and authorities say dozens of the ill-gotten firearms are still out on the streets.  In a joint statement by prosecutors from Montgomery and Bucks counties on Wednesday, Jan. 25, officials said that two adults and 11 teens were taken into custody following a months-long investigation into the burglaries.  The group, which detectives say is affiliated with a "neighborhood-based juvenile street gang" in West Philly called "54th Street," stole 93 guns from l…

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by Mac Bullock