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Human Remains ID'd As Pennsylvania Man Missing Since 2012: Coroner
A Monroe County man who went missing more than a decade ago died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to officials. The remains of Stephen C. Lepore were unearthed at 95 Peet Road in Dreher Township, Wayne County, said the Coroner's Office. The skeletal remains were discovered by an unknown party on Tuesday morning, Oct. 17, and identified as Lepore using dental records on Thursday, Oct. 19, Coroner Edward R. Howell said. Lepore, of Tobyhanna, was last seen on the morning of August 17, 2012, driving his 2007 Chevrolet Express, state police investigators have said. Stephen C…
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: 5 Teens Injured In Philadelphia
Five teenagers are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after shots rang out at a North Philadelphia park late on Sunday, Aug. 6, authorities told Daily Voice. It happened at the Helen G. Sturgis Playground on the corner of North 2nd Street and West 65th Avenue in East Oak Lane around 11:15 p.m., police said. They arrived to find: A 16-year-old girl shot in the right thigh A 16-year-old boy shot in the left ankle A 17-year-old boy shot in the buttocks Police took all three to Albert Einstein Medical Center where each was placed in stable condition, the department said. T…
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Adult, Teen Seriously Injured In Reading Shooting: Police
Two people were badly wounded in a late-night shooting on a Reading street, city police said in a release. It happened around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, the department wrote. Officers arrived at the corner of North 13th and Green streets to find a 22-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy suffering from gunshot wounds, authorities said. Both men were rushed to Reading Hospital Tower Health where they were placed in "serious" condition, police said. No arrests were reported as of Monday morning.
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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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Two Commuters Shot On SEPTA Bus: Philadelphia PD
Two men were hospitalized with gunshot wounds after being shot on a SEPTA bus Wednesday afternoon, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice. It happened near the corner of North 21 and West Diamond Streets in North Philadelphia, city police said. One victim, 18, received a single bullet to the "groin," authorities wrote. The other, also 18, was said to have a graze wound on his left thigh. Both men were taken to Temple Hospital and are now in stable condition, police said. No arrest has been made and no weapon was recovered from the scene, they added.
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Two Adults Wounded In Broad Daylight Shooting, Say Allentown Police
Two adults are being treated for gunshot wounds after an attack in broad daylight, authorities in Allentown say. Police were dispatched to the area of 5th and Pratt streets around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, said Assistant Chief James Gress in a statement. The two victims were located and rushed to an area hospital, he added. Police did not identify the victims or describe their conditions, but said an investigation is ongoing.
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Man, 22, Killed In Hazleton Shooting: Authorities
A 22-year-old man was shot and killed in Hazleton, authorities said. Felix Dini was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest at 4:10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, after the shooting on Friday, Oct. 7, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Freeland resident was shot at the intersection of South Fulton Court and East Noble Street around 5:50 p.m., authorities said. His cause of death was determined to be gunshot wounds and his manner of death was ruled a homicide, the coroner said. An autopsy will be completed on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Further det…
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York Man Shot 'Missing' Man Dead, Dumping Body In Lancaster County: Police
Nearly five months after a reportedly missing Pennsylvania man was found dead, police believe they've found his killer. Edgardo Bermudez-Melendez, 31, of West York, was found dead on Holtwood Road/Route 372 in the area on the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township on Saturday, March. 19, around 8:15 a.m., Pennsylvania state police Troop Kevin Kochka stated in a release six days after he was reported as missing. Carlos Omar Rivera-Rivera II, 24, of York, has been arrested in connection with Bermudez-Melendez's death on Tuesday, August 2022, according to an updated release by the state p…
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Maryland Repeat Violent Offender Arrested In PA For 2021 Homicide: Police
A repeat violent offender from Maryland was arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with a 2021 homicide, authorities said. Authorities arrested Arthur McCaden, 36, in Montgomery County, PA while he was committing a larceny in a convenience store on Feb. 23, Baltimore Police said. He was wanted in connection with the shooting death of 36-year-old Derrick Smith. Police responded for a Shot Spotter alert in the 1200 block and 1300 blocks of West North Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. on December 17, 2021, police said. Upon arrival, officers found Smith unresponsive and suffering from multiple g…
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Man Emerges From PA River With Multiple Gunshot Wounds: Police
Two men were shot on in, and somehow one of them ended up in a Pennsylvania river on Sunday, according to the police. The first victim arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg around 11 p.m., according to Pittsburgh police. He is currently in stable condition, according to police as of Monday morning. Shortly afterwards, police were alerted to a man calling for help in the area of Island and Preble avenues, Pittsburgh police public information officer Cara Cruz says. When police arrived, they found a man who "had come up out of the river," Cruz said. The man was sufferi…
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Man Shot In Both Legs In Highrise Apartment In PA: Police
A man on the eleventh floor of an apartment was shot in both of his legs on Monday night, according to a release by the police. Pittsburgh police received multiple 9-1-1 calls for a person shot inside an apartment building in the 600 block of Stanwix Street in Pittsburgh just before 9:45 p.m., the release shows. Upon arrival police found a man with gunshot wounds to each of his legs, police say. Officers applied tourniquets until paramedics arrived, then the man was transported to the hospital where he remains in critical condition, according to the release. Detectives from Major Cr…
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Two People Seriously Hurt In PA Shooting That Injured Police K9: Police
Three people have been arrested following a shooting that left two people in serious condition– and injured a police K9, on Thursday night, the police say. Pittsburgh police were called to the double shooting in the 1000 block of Woods Run Avenue around 10:40 p.m., on Feb. 10, according to a release by the police. Upon arrival officers found “evidence of a shooting and two nearby gunshot victims on the scene,” as stated in the release. The first victim was found inside a home in the 900 block of Woods Run Avenue, according to the release. He had a gunshot wound to the back and was brie…
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Harrowing Details Released In Quadruple Maryland Murder-Suicide
Maryland State Police have released harrowing details in the quadruple murder-suicide involving two young Pennsylvania girls, their father and his alleged accomplice. The manhunt for Robert Vicosa, 41, Tia Bynam, 35, and Vicosa's daughters, Giana, 7, and Aaminah, 6, came to a tragic end on Thursday around 2:30 p.m., MSP said in a news release. Authorities had been searching for Vicosa for several days, after he drugged and sexually assaulted his ex-wife with Bynam's help, and then fled the York County home with the two girls. Pennsylvania State Police told MSP a car matching the suspect ve…
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Philadelphia Man Shot Stepfather Dead, Authorities In South Jersey Say
A 23-year-old man from Philadelphia has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of his stepfather in South Jersey, authorities said. Woolwich Township police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a shooting on Cottonwood Road in Woolwich at 4:15 p.m. Saturday. Police found Dennis McKenzie, 43, dead at his home, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. Gloucester police and prosecutor’s detectives investigated and arrested Christian Smith, 23, at the scene of the shooting, they said. Smith was charged with murder and several weapons offenses, they said. An autop…
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Gunman At Large In Double Reading Shooting
Two people were left with severe injuries after an unidentified suspect shot at them in Reading Tuesday night, authorities said. Officers responding to the 000 Block of South 10th Street around 8:10 p.m. found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the foot, and an 18-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, according to the Reading Police Department. Both men were taken to Reading Hospital for treatment of their severe but non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Investigators believe an unidentified suspect fired multiple rounds at a group of people in front of …
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