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New Video Shows Gunman Before Murder At North Philly Apartment: PPD New Video Shows Gunman Before Murder At North Philly Apartment: PPD
New Video Shows Gunman Before Murder At North Philly Apartment: PPD Detectives are asking for the public's help to identify an alleged murderer.  The pictured suspect shot and killed a 21-year-old man around 3 a.m. on Nov. 12, according to Philadelphia police.  Authorities said the victim was killed in the apartment building at 2137 N. 15th Street, just a few block from Temple University's campus.  The video seems to show the suspect standing in a doorway before cutting to show him run inside, apparently armed with a handgun. He appears in a hallway in the final shot, still holding the pistol.  Footage from PPD.  Phi…

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by Mac Bullock
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24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD 24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD
24-Year-Old Driver Shot In University City: Philadelphia PD A 24-year-old driver is in critical condition after he was shot in Philadelphia's University City section just after sunrise on Tuesday, Aug. 15, city police told Daily Voice.  It happened on the 700 block of South 42nd Street around 6:15 a.m., the department said.  Officers were called for an armed suspect and arrived to find the victim in a car with gunshot wounds to his chest, back, and throughout the torso, authorities said.  He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in "critical but stable" condition, police said. A weapon was recovered from the car t…

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by Mac Bullock
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Victim Fatally Shot In Philadelphia Driveway: Police Victim Fatally Shot In Philadelphia Driveway: Police
Victim Fatally Shot In Philadelphia Driveway: Police City police are investigating after a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a Philadelphia driveway early Thursday morning.  It happened in Rhawnhurst on the 7400 block of Whitaker Avenue around 1:30 a.m. on May 18, the department told Daily Voice.  Police were called for reports of an armed person and arrived to find a 34-year-old man near a pickup truck in a driveway, they said. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center with injuries to his chest and arm, and he succumbed to his wounds at about 1:45 a.m., authorities wrote.  No weapon was recovered from the sc…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Wawa Truck Driver Robbed At Gunpoint For $27K In Cigarettes: State Police Wawa Truck Driver Robbed At Gunpoint For $27K In Cigarettes: State Police
Wawa Truck Driver Robbed At Gunpoint For $27K In Cigarettes: State Police A truck driver delivering goods to a Chester County Wawa was held up at gunpoint and robbed of $27,000 in cigarettes, state police announced.  It happened, coincidentally, in East Marlborough Township, troopers said. At around 11:40 p.m., as a delivery truck driver was unloading packages from their tractor-trailer, two armed suspects approached.  The pair made off with nine "containers" of cigarettes, before fleeing northeast on Route 1 toward Delaware County, troopers wrote in the release. No injuries were reported by authorities.  The incident remains under investigation b…

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by Mac Bullock
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Disturbing Video Shows Philly Chinese Restaurant Shooting Disturbing Video Shows Philly Chinese Restaurant Shooting
Disturbing Video Shows Philly Chinese Restaurant Shooting Philadelphia police have released new video footage from the ambush shooting at a Kingsessing Chinese food restaurant that left two victims dead and another injured.  The attack occurred at Shangri-La Chinese on the 5400 block of Chester Avenue just before 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, Daily Voice has reported.  In the new footage, the two suspects are seen casually walking west down Chester Avenue before rushing to the Shangri-La's front door and opening fire from the sidewalk. Witnesses are seen scrambling to flee before the gunmen conclude their attack and run across the street.  …

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by Mac Bullock
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Man Beaten, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Bucks County Apartment Building Man Beaten, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Bucks County Apartment Building
Man Beaten, Robbed At Gunpoint Outside Bucks County Apartment Building A man was beaten and robbed at gunpoint outside of an apartment building in Bucks County Thursday night, authorities said. The man was robbed by two men between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. in front of building 27 of the Village of Pennbrook Apartments in Levittown,  Falls Township police, said. The man was also struck in the head numerous times by the assailants who police say were armed with a black and silver handgun.  The suspects are believed to have fled the area in a gray Mazda Sedan with a New Jersey license plate number beginning with KZ, police said. Police are asking anyone w…

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by Nicole Acosta