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Worker Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Victim's Car, Wields Knife At XPO Logistics: Police Worker Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Victim's Car, Wields Knife At XPO Logistics: Police
Worker Threatens To 'Shoot Up' Victim's Car, Wields Knife At XPO Logistics: Police A woman is accused of threatening to "shoot up" a coworker's car while wielding a large knife at a Cumberland County warehouse, Middlesex Township Police announced on Friday, March 14. Iyonnah Taylor, 25, allegedly brandished the weapon and advanced toward the victim during a workplace confrontation at XPO Logistics on 100 Roadway Drive in Carlisle, officers said. Authorities responded to the scene on Wednesday, March 13, after receiving reports of a weapons incident. During their investigation, police determined that Taylor had made threatening statements about shooting the victim's vehi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Calls For Metal Detectors, Security Surge At UPMC After Deadly Hospital Shooting Calls For Metal Detectors, Security Surge At UPMC After Deadly Hospital Shooting
Calls For Metal Detectors, Security Surge At Upmc After Deadly Hospital Shooting A growing movement is demanding sweeping security changes at UPMC hospitals after a gunman opened fire and took hostages in the ICU at UPMC Memorial Hospital, killing West York Borough Police Officer Andrew Duarte. A petition calling for mandatory security screenings, including metal detectors and armed guards at all entrances, has quickly gained traction, with hundreds of signatures and growing. A Preventable Tragedy? The petition, launched in response to the Feb. 22 attack, points to a pattern of increasing violence in healthcare settings. "When I visit WellSpan York, I have to show …

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Tired Of People F—ing With Me:' Delaware Linen Shooting Suspect, Victims ID'd By DA 'Tired Of People F—ing With Me:' Delaware Linen Shooting Suspect, Victims ID'd By DA
'Tired Of People F—ing With Me:' Delaware Linen Shooting Suspect, Victims ID'd By DA Authorities have named the suspected shooter at Delaware County Linens as 61-year-old Wilbert Rosado Ruiz.  Ruiz is accused of killing brothers 29-year-old Leovanny Pena Pena and 26-year-old Giguenson Pena Pena, and sending three others to the hospital early Wednesday, May 22, officials tell Daily Voice. He is charged with first-degree murder and related counts.  According to an affidavit, multiple witnesses reported seeing Ruiz get into an argument with one of the people he'd shot before opening fire, striking the four others just before 8:30 a.m. at the Delaware County Line…

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by Mac Bullock
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Ex-BF Shot GF, Coworker Then Himself Fatally At PA Doc Office: Police Ex-BF Shot GF, Coworker Then Himself Fatally At PA Doc Office: Police
Ex-BF Shot GF, Coworker Then Himself Fatally At PA Doc Office: Police A doctor's office employee was shot by her ex-boyfriend who tried shooting a colleague before turning the gun on himself Thursday, Dec. 15 at a Berks County medical center, authorities said. Xavier Starks arrived at Digestive Disease Associates on Reed Avenue in Wyomissing where his ex, Stacy Vereen, was working around 9 a.m., police said. The two began arguing as Starks approached Vereen, and as her coworker tried to intervene, Starks opened fire, police said. Vereen was struck in the neck and face as the heroic coworker tried to disarm Stark, authorities said. Stark then turned…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Dad Of Three Shot Dead By Coworker, Family Says PA Dad Of Three Shot Dead By Coworker, Family Says
PA Dad Of Three Shot Dead By Coworker, Family Says A Bucks County man was shot dead in his car at work, and his family believes a colleague pulled the trigger. Bart Masciulli, of Levittown, 51, was sitting in his car at a FedEx distribution center near the airport in Tinicum Township on Friday, Oct. 7 when a pedestrian approached and shot him several times, multiple outlets report.  Tinicum police were not immediately available for comment.  The suspect, 59-year-old Keith Blount of Philadelphia, was arrested after a brief shootout with city police hours later. Authorities told 6ABC that Blount opened fire but was subdued aft…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting
New Details Released In Mass Maryland Workplace Shooting What started as a normal day of work for employees at a concrete production plant in Washington County turned bloody when a gunman opened fire during the latest mass shooting in the US. New details have emerged regarding the fatal Maryland shooting that took the lives of three people and left the gunman and a state police trooper hospitalized. Investigators said that the suspect was working a regular shift before he began shooting, according to new information released by investigators in Washington County. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m…

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by Zak Failla