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Travelers Bring Loaded Guns To PHL Two Days In A Row: TSA Travelers Bring Loaded Guns To PHL Two Days In A Row: TSA
Travelers Bring Loaded Guns To PHL Two Days In A Row: TSA Transportation Security Administration agents stopped area residents from boarding planes with loaded handguns at the Philadelphia International Airport two days in a row this week, officials announced.  The first incident involved a Coatesville man on Monday, Nov. 27, TSA said in a release. An X-ray unit at the security checkpoint revealed a 9mm handgun loaded with six bullets in his carry-on bag, according to authorities.  Then on Tuesday, Nov. 28, a Philadelphia man was also found with a 9mm in his bag — "loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber," said …

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by Mac Bullock
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Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Bucks County Home: Police Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Bucks County Home: Police
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Bucks County Home: Police A man in Bucks County faces felony gun charges after police say he opened fire at a Warminster home on Tuesday, March 21.  Township police were called to the 300 block of Beech Street at about 11:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired, the department wrote in a release.  On the scene, the alleged victim also told police they had received "harassing voicemails" from the suspect in the hours before the shooting, according to the department. Another witness said they heard the shot and immediately looked out the window to see the suspect fleeing in a vehicle, police said.  Investi…

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by Mac Bullock
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TSA Busts Bethlehem Man With Loaded Gun At Lehigh Valley International Airport TSA Busts Bethlehem Man With Loaded Gun At Lehigh Valley International Airport
TSA Busts Bethlehem Man With Loaded Gun At Lehigh Valley International Airport A Bethlehem man was found with a loaded handgun Wednesday at the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, authorities said. TSA officers spotted the gun on the X-ray monitor at a security checkpoint, officials said. Police confiscated the 9mm handgun loaded with six bullets from the man’s carry-on bag, authorities said. The gun reportedly had one bullet in the chamber. It is the sixth gun seized by TSA officers at Lehigh Valley International Airport in 2021.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Philadelphia Man Arrested In Triple Norristown Shooting, Police Say Philadelphia Man Arrested In Triple Norristown Shooting, Police Say
Philadelphia Man Arrested In Triple Norristown Shooting, Police Say A 38-year-old Philadelphia man was in custody in connection with a triple shooting that left two women hospitalized Monday night in Norristown, authorities said. Arriving officers found two women with multiple gunshot wounds in the 500 block of Green Street around 11:10 p.m. Norristown police said. The women were airlifted to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and are listed in stable condition, police said. Brian Cole was reportedly upset at the mother of his child, who had barred Cole from entering her Green Street apartment, authorities said. While walking to the Norristown Transportation Cent…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody
Police: Shots Fired During Child Custody Exchange In Central PA, 2 In Custody Two people were in custody and one person hospitalized after gunfire broke out during an arranged child custody exchange in Lancaster County, authorities said. Rashaun Taylor and  Thalia Ortiz, both of Reading, were arrested shortly after police issued a Be On The Lookout "BOLO" alert Sunday night, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department said. Witnesses told police that Ortiz and Taylor arrived at a home on the 2000 block of Lawnwood Court in East Petersburg sometime around 8:20 p.m., for an arranged child custody exchange, police said. An argument betw…

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by Cecilia Levine