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Detour Ahead: I-95 North In Center City To Close For Roadwork, PennDOT Says
A portion of Interstate 95 in Center City Philadelphia will shut down next weekend for roadwork, PennDOT has announced. The northbound lanes from Exit 20 (Columbus Boulevard) to Exit 22 (Interstate 676) will be closed and detoured from Saturday evening, Feb. 3 to Monday morning, Feb. 5, officials said. "This closure comes as PennDOT begins partial demolition of the existing concrete covering over I-95 between Chestnut and Walnut streets under the $329 million project to replace and expand the covered area at Penn's Landing in Center City Philadelphia," said PennDOT in a statemen…
Police & Fire
SEPTA Train Strike Kills Man After Fight Flings Him Onto Tracks
A man was fatally struck by a SEPTA train following a fight in University City on Thursday afternoon, Philadelphia Police told Daily Voice. The "unusual incident" began with a fight between two men at 34th and Market Street down to the eastbound platform of the 34th Street subway station, Officer Tanya Little said. As a result of the fight, a "white man" fell onto the tracks and was hit by a SEPTA train at 4:36 p.m. on Jan. 4, Little explained. Medics arrived but ultimately he was pronounced dead at 5:42 p.m. According to Little "no apprehensions" have been made as of 7:30…
Police & Fire
Macy's Workers Tried To Thwart Thief Before Deadly Stabbing: PPD (
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The knife-wielding attacker that left one Macy's employee dead and sent another to the hospital Monday morning was trying to rob the store, according to Philadelphia police. Two security guards were stabbed at the 1300 Market Street store around 11 a.m. on Dec. 4, Daily Voice reported previously. At a press conference Monday afternoon, interim PPD Commissioner John Stanford said the suspect tried stealing hats but was thwarted by the guards. He returned about 15 minutes later and attacked them, investigators believe. One victim, 30, was stabbed in the neck and later prono…
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Police Identify 14-Year-Old Shot Dead On SEPTA Platform
Philadelphia police have released the name of the teenager shot and killed on a SEPTA platform over the weekend. Authorities were called to the station at the corner of South 52nd Street and Market Street around 2:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 13 for a report of a person with a gun, the department told Daily Voice. They arrived to find 14-year-old Wort Whipple of Frankford with gunshot wounds to the chest and arm, police wrote. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he died just before 3 p.m., they added. No weapon was recovered from the scene and no arrest has…
Police & Fire
Officer Injured By 'Juvenile' Crowd In Center City: Philadelphia Police
One Philadelphia police officer is wounded and several people are in custody after a crowd of "juveniles causing disturbances" gathered in Center City late on Wednesday, authorities say. The group gathered on Market Street just before 8 p.m., the department told Daily Voice. "The number" of people in the crowd "has not been confirmed; however, it is safe to say a few hundred," police wrote. PENNSYLVANIA - PHILTHYDELPHIAPhiladelphia: One officer was injured after a large "disorderly" group of hundreds of juveniles caused a disturbance in Center City Wednesday night, Philadelphia police…
Police & Fire
Disturbing Video Shows Gunmen Open Fire On West Philly Crowd
A newly released video from Philadelphia police shows a pair of gunmen open fire on an unsuspecting crowd. The attack happened just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, authorities said. The duo, dressed in all black, were dropped off by a silver sedan on North Ithan Street. They are then seen running up to a small crowd outside of a corner store on the intersection of Market and South 56th Streets, drawing semi-automatic handguns, and firing repeatedly before fleeing on foot. Surveillance video released by Philadelphia police shows the shooting unfold. PhiladelphiaPolice Three peopl…
News
Winning $1.85 Million Match 6 Lottery Ticket Sold In Philadelphia
A Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $1.85 million was sold in Philadelphia. A jackpot-winning Match 6 ticket from the Monday, Jan. 31 drawing was sold at Jay Bhanu Newsstand LLC on Market Street near 21st Street in Philadelphia. The winning numbers were 2-11-18-27-34-45. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. Match 6 prizes expire one year from the drawing date. Anyone holding a jackpot-winning Match 6 ticket should sign the ticket, call the Lottery at 1-800-692-7481 or visit palottery.com to find out how to claim the prize.
Police & Fire
Philadelphia PD: Man With Distinctive Walk Arrested In Rape Of Woman, 55, In Center City Macy's
A suspect wanted for raping a 55-year-old woman inside of the Center City Macy's store was arrested Wednesday, Philadelphia police said. Jaleel Uqdah's distinctive walk helped identify him before he was taken into custody from his Philadelphia home, police said. The 22-year-old man went into the store at 11:11 and waited nearly 20 minutes inside of the third-floor women's bathroom before the victim walked in, according to Philadelphia Police Capt. Mark Burgmann. Uqdah threatened to stab the woman and robbed her before he fled underground and hopped on the Market-Frankford El, Bur…
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