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Good Samaritan Killed In Hit-Run While Assisting Disabled Car: Philly PD Good Samaritan Killed In Hit-Run While Assisting Disabled Car: Philly PD
Good Samaritan Killed In Hit-Run While Assisting Disabled Car: Philly PD A 24-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday night, Nov. 12, while he was stopped to help another driver, according to Philadelphia police.  It happened on the 4800 block of Whitaker Avenue around 6 p.m., the department said. Ezequiel Morales was walking back to his car when he was hit by a white van that fled the scene.  Morales was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead just before 6:30 p.m., police said.  NBC10 Philadelphia reported that the van was later found abandoned nearby.  The crash remains under investigation, said PPD.&…

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by Mac Bullock
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Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say
Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say New details are emerging about the deadly shooting that wounded three Philadelphia police officers and killed a suspected gunman in Fox Chase last week.  Police said they were called to a home on the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue around 7 p.m. Wednesday night, Oct. 4 for a report of an armed person.  They arrived to find 42-year-old Michael Hwang wearing a ballistic vest and carrying a .40-caliber Glock, authorities said.  Hwang allegedly ignored police commands to drop the weapon "and a gunfight ensued," police wrote.  Officer Samantha Gress was shot in the back of he…

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by Mac Bullock
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Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot In Fox Chase (UPDATE) Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot In Fox Chase (UPDATE)
Man In Critical Condition, 3 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot In Fox Chase (Update) Following a domestic incident, a man was waiting for officers to arrive so he could open fire, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said in a press conference late on Wednesday night.  Standford explained that the domestic situation began when a dad became agitated over his 12-year-old son playing a video game on Oct. 4.  The boy and his uncle turned off the game and went to the second floor of their home in the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue. But the dad followed his son and shot the uncle.  That's when the boy called 911 — while his dad, with a gun still in his hand, went to the fro…

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by Jillian Pikora
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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
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Police ID 11-Year-Old Boy, Woman Killed In Philadelphia Airborne SUV Crash Police ID 11-Year-Old Boy, Woman Killed In Philadelphia Airborne SUV Crash
Police ID 11-Year-Old Boy, Woman Killed In Philadelphia Airborne SUV Crash A speeding SUV hit several poles and went airborne before landing on two cars early Saturday morning in Philadelphia, killing a woman and a boy, and leaving several others seriously hurt, police said. Amber Shanta, 34, and Tai'rhey Brown, 11, were pronounced dead at the scene on the 4300 block of Roosevelt Boulevard just before 12:30 a.m., Philadelphia police said. The driver, a 57-year-old male, and two other passengers including a 15-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl, were rushed to various hospitals, and were listed in critical condition as of Saturday evening, authorities said. The 57-…

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by Cecilia Levine