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Police & Fire
Police Shoot, Injure Hammer-Wielding Man In Philadelphia: Authorities
Officials have released new details in the police shooting of a man allegedly armed with a hammer in Philadelphia last Saturday, April 20. Authorities said 23-year-old Maurice Samuels was at an East Cliveden Street apartment with two women when he got into an argument and was asked to leave. He later returned to the apartment and climbed inside through a window, "continuing the argument which was domestic in nature," according to police. A second man, a 26-year-old who authorities said was the "subject of the argument," arrived at the apartment and knocked at the front door.&nbs…
Police & Fire
Police Shootout: Man Points Loaded Gun At Officers In Berks County Alleyway, DA Says
A Berks County gunman is in custody after police say he led police on a foot pursuit and then pointed a gun at them, prompting them to fire their service weapons over the weekend. Laureldale officers were called to the 1400 block of Frush Valley Road three times for a disorderly man around early Sunday, April 14, District Attorney John T. Adams said. Officers eventually found Angel Deleon on Rosedale Avenue south of Margaret Street, Adams said. An officer approached Deleon and told him to stop, but Deleon refused to comply with the officer’s commands and entered an alleyway locate…
Police & Fire
Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting In Reading, PA (
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Update: The Berks County District Attorney's Office has identified the man as 50-year-old Damon S. Stern. Reading police officers said they killed a man who was armed with a knife early Monday morning, March 25. Authorities were called to the 400 block of Windsor Street around 3:45 a.m. for reports of a "male armed with a knife making suicidal threats," the department said in a release. Police said they commanded the man to drop the knife, "however, the male ignored those commands and moved towards the officers," the release says. They shot him and he succumbe…
Police & Fire
Scottish Man ID'd After Fatal Shot By Officers In Central PA: Coroner
The person shot dead by police in Central Pennsylvania has been identified as a Scottish man who had allegedly caused a disturbance, the Cumberland County Coroner told Daily Voice on March 18. Gregor Fleming, 44 of Glasgow, UK, was shot dead in the 5000 block of Erbs Bridge Road in Hampden Township on Thursday, March 7, authorities said. State police made the following statement about the events that led to the fatal shooting: "During the course of the investigation, the subject of the disturbance displayed a firearm. At that time, the officers discharged their firearms st…
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Officers ID'd By Pennsylvania State Police
A 34-year-old man has been identified after being fatally shot by an officer, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday. Payden Sells was shooting at the police when they returned fire killing him on Feb. 23, Trooper James Grothey detailed in a release. PSP York Troopers were called to assist area police with "domestic incident" in the 600 block of Colonial Avenue in Spring Garden Township at approximately 11:17 p.m., Grothey explained. Troopers soon learned that the caller to 911 had "reported that there was an actor on scene with multiple firearms, attempting to gain …
Police & Fire
Officer Hospitalized, Driver Killed After Pinning Patrolman With Car: PPD
A driver was shot dead by an officer after pinning the patrolman to a wall with his car, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel announced in a press conference late on Thursday night. The patrolman had been conducting a solo traffic stop at F Street and Roosevelt Blvd but pursued the driver to Adams and Newtown avenues in the 25th District, the Crescentville neighborhood, just after 7 p.m. on Feb. 15, Commissioner Kevin Bethel detailed. That's where the driver drove into the officer, pinning him by his legs between a vehicle and a wall of the bridge outside Tacon…
Police & Fire
Six Remain Unaccounted For After East Lansdowne Shooting, Fire: Authorities
Delaware County authorities remain at the scene of the house fire and shooting that sent two police officers to the hospital on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7. Police were called to 58 Lewis Avenue in East Lansdowne for a report of a child shot around 4 p.m., District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer told reporters Wednesday night. Two officers were shot while responding to the call and then someone started a fire in the house, authorities have said. Both injured officers were hospitalized in stable condition. On Thursday, Feb. 8, DA Stollsteimer told reporters that crews were combi…
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Officers 'Justified' In Fatal Shooting Of Felon, Shippensburg Alum In Carlisle, DA
After reviewing events leading up to the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man, Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack ruled the police were justified in the killing. Nathaniel Lawrence Liberator, of Carlisle, was shot dead after police attempted to detain him for questioning following a disturbance in the area of the 300 block of C Street at 1:59 p.m. on Jan. 13, as Daily Voice previously reported. The officers were seen on body camera calmly asking him to stop walking away from them, the DA explained. The officers had no information about his mental healt…
Police & Fire
Man Held On $1 Million Bail For Shooting Officer In Philadelphia: Police
A 26-year-old man has been arrested after shooting an officer during a barricade situation in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, police announced on Friday, Feb. 2. While serving a warrant for Libao Zheng at his home in the 1300 block of King Place in North Philadelphia he opened fire at PPD officers around 6:06 a.m. on Jan. 31, the police detailed in multiple releases. One officer suffered "a graze wound to the right hand" after the bullet ricocheted off his ballistic vest. The officer was taken to Jefferson Hospital and later released, Commissioner Kevin Bethel explained. …
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Suspect Who Snatched Gun After Deadly Philly Police Shooting Arrested: Authorities
The man accused of swiping a gun off the ground during the police killing of 28-year-old Alexander Spencer has been arrested, authorities say. Spencer was fatally shot by police after officials said he shot an officer in the leg during a scuffle at a North Philadelphia corner store on Friday night, Jan. 26. Jose Quinones-Mendez, 42, was accused of snatching the gun that Spencer allegedly dropped during the struggle. Philadelphia Police Department He was arrested near the corner of North Juniper and Race streets in Center City on Wednesday, Jan. 31, according to pol…
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New Video Emerges In Deadly Philadelphia Police Shooting
Authorities have released new video of the police killing of 28-year-old Alexander Spencer in North Philadelphia last Friday, Jan. 26. Spencer was shot dead during a scuffle with police at Jennifer Tavern, 2859 N. Mascher St., around 9 p.m., Daily Voice reported. Police claimed he had shot one officer in the leg before they killed him. PPD and the District Attorney's Office unveiled a five-minute compilation of security footage from inside the store at a press conference on Tuesday morning, Jan. 30. (Warning: Graphic content; viewer discretion is advised.) …
News
Kyle Gilmartin Update: $175k+ Raised For Scranton Officer
While Scranton police detective Kyle Gilmartin remains hospitalized after being shot in the line of duty last week, community members have raised tens of thousands of dollars in his name. Gilmartin was shot in an "ambush-style attack" on North Decker Court early on Thursday, Jan. 11, police have said. He and two other officers were sitting in an unmarked police car when 20-year-old Aiden Deininger shot at the vehicle, hitting Gilmartin twice in the head, according to state troopers. Another officer returned fire, shooting Deininger five times, officials said. Both were taken to …
Police & Fire
Felon, Shippensburg Alum Officers Shot Dead In Carlisle ID'd, PA State Police Say (
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A 33-year-old man was killed and a police officer pulled the trigger, Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Frazer announced on Saturday evening. Nathaniel Law Liberator, of Carlisle, has been identified as the man shot dead by an area police officer, Trooper Frazer said in an updated release. Carlisle Borough Police were called to a disturbance in the area of the 300 block of C Street at 1:59 p.m. on Jan. 13, Trooper Frazer explained. When officers arrived and began to investigate, "an altercation took place between Officers and a suspect," as stated in the state …
Police & Fire
State Police, Feds Investigating After Police Officer Shot In Scranton (
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More details are emerging in the Thursday, Jan. 11 shooting of a Scranton police officer. The officer and an unnamed "subject" were both shot during an "exchange of gunfire," authorities said previously. In a Thursday afternoon press conference, a state police spokesman said SPD officers were investigating a pair of shootings — one on the 400 block of Harrison Avenue and one on the 300 block of Prospect Avenue — when the gunfight broke out. Both the officer and the other person remain at Geisinger CMC in "critical but stable" condition, according to police. …
Police & Fire
Officer Discharged From Hospital After Holmesburg Shootout: Philadelphia PD
A Philadelphia police officer has been released from the hospital after being grazed by a bullet to the head in Holmesburg on Sunday night, Dec. 10, according to authorities. His suspected shooter, 40-year-old Dioul Devaughn, remains in critical condition as of Tuesday, Dec. 12, and is charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses, said Philadelphia police. It began around 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning when a sergeant responded to a report of shots fired near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, the department said previously. He …
Police & Fire
Officers Shoot, Kill Alleged Burglar In Schuylkill County: PSP
State troopers are investigating the deadly police shooting of a suspected burglar in Shenandoah Borough, authorities said in a release. Shenandoah and Mahanoy City police were called to 309 West Coal Street for a break-in around 12:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, according to PSP. The property owner told them he had seen a masked person walking inside with a large knife on the vacant home's security cameras, troopers wrote. When officers went inside, the person was hiding under a bed upstairs, according to state police. "As they were moving the bed, the person lunged …
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Shoots 2 Philadelphia Officers After Pursuit-Crash: Report
Two police officers and an ex-con were shot overnight in Philadelphia, 6abc reports citing city police. The 40-year-old suspect fired at four officers following a pursuit that began at Cottman Avenue and the Roosevelt Boulevard, and ended in a crash at Frankford Avenue and Welsh Road just after 2 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said at a press conference. The suspect got out of his car and began shooting at highway patrol officers who got out of their vehicles following the crash, hitting one in the head and the other in the face and leg, Stanford …
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Deadly Police Shooting Of Bucks County Man Was 'Justified,' DA Says
Northampton Township police were "justified" when they killed 40-year-old Mark Chambers at his Churchville home last month, according to the District Attorney's Office. Authorities have claimed Chambers was brandishing a knife when officers shot him multiple times at his Elm Street home around 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, Daily Voice reported. Now, Bucks DA Matthew Weintraub says police were called by Chambers' mother after the 40-year-old cut his neck and threatened to jump from the roof. Police said they found him standing in the doorway holding the knife and commanded him…
Police & Fire
Fatal Police Shooting Of 69-Year-Old PA Woman Was Justified, DA Says
The police killing of a 69-year-old woman in front of her Upper Moreland home last month was a justified use of deadly force, says the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Mary Meister was pronounced dead at Abington Hospital after police shot her several times on Oct. 8, Daily Voice reported. At the time, police said she was pointing a gun at police officers when they opened fire. Now, in a new release issued Monday, Nov. 13, the DA's Office says police were called to Meister's Willow Grove home "for a suicidal female who may be armed with a firearm." Prose…
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Dozens Turn Up To Give Shot Philadelphia Officer Raul Ortiz Hospital Sendoff
Philadelphia Police Officer Raul Ortiz is going home. Ortiz, 60, has been hospitalized since Friday, Oct. 13, when he and 50-year-old officer Richard Mendez were shot at Philadelphia International Airport. Mendez, a department vet of 22 years, died. Ortiz, who was hit once in the arm, got a sendoff from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on Saturday, Oct. 14. We are blessed to announce that hero @PhillyPolice Officer Raul Ortiz is going home after days of receiving excellent care from @TJUHospital. Thank you all for wrapping your arms around him and his family; our Department and Cit…
Police & Fire
2 Shot, 1 Killed By Police During Traffic Stop In PA (
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Someone is dead after a police officer shot at them during a traffic stop in Pennsylvania. The incident happened when police in Newton Square attempted a traffic stop of a white Nissan Altima in the 800 block of Bryn Mawr Avenue, Radnor Township around 11:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11. An altercation reportedly took place between the people in the car— which ended when the police shot the people in the vehicle, investigators said. One of the people shot died at the scene and the other was taken to a local hospital, police explained. "There is no threat to the c…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Woman Waving Gun, 69, Shot Dead By Officer In Pennsylvania: DA
A 69-year-old woman was fatally shot by police after waving a gun and pointing it at responders in a Pennsylvania town. EMTs and Upper Moreland officers were called to the 100 block of Evans Avenue in Willow Grove Sunday, Oct, 8, around 5:05 p.m. on reports of a woman waving a gun outside of a home, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The woman pointed a firearm at EMTs and police issued commands for her to drop the weapon, but the woman did not comply. Instead, she pointed the gun at police, and was shot by an officer. Police immediately rendered aid to th…
Police & Fire
New Details Emerge In Deadly Philadelphia Officer-Involved Shooting
Authorities in Philadelphia are offering new details about the deadly police shooting of 41-year-old Jahad Snead that began with a triple murder hours earlier on Monday morning, Oct. 2. Officers found four shooting victims — three of them dead — at a residence on the 6100 block of Shelbourne Street around 4:50 a.m., Daily Voice reported. They have been identified by multiple outlets as 63-year-old Denise Snead-Doram, 61-year-old Gregory Doram, and 42-year-old Nina O'Brien. The fourth was left in critical condition. Snead was identified as the suspect and was said to be…
Police & Fire
Police Shoot Robbery Suspect In Philadelphia: Authorities
A would-be thief was shot in the ankle by Philadelphia police officers after a brief exchange of gunfire on Thursday night, Sept. 14, authorities claim. Police said that a person on a bicycle approached a victim on the 3200 block of Kensington Street, hit them on the hand with a gun, and then stole their phone before fleeing. The victim chased the robber and police followed them, according to the department. The officers stopped their squad car on the 900 block of East Westmoreland Street to approach the suspect on foot, authorities said. "At this point, the male wa…
News
Family Of Man Shot Dead By Philly Police Seek Answers
The relatives of a 27-year-old Philadelphia man shot dead by city police officers claim authorities lied about the circumstances that led them to kill him. Eddie Irizarry was fatally shot by two officers in Kensington around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 14, city police have previously confirmed to Daily Voice. In comments that were widely reported including by the Philadelphia Inquirer, police originally claimed that Irizarry was followed by officers after they saw him drive the wrong way down a city street. Police alleged the 27-year-old had lunged at the officers with a k…
Police & Fire
NJ Police Officer Justified In Shooting Driver To Stop Backhoe Rampage, Grand Jury Rules
UPDATE: A local New Jersey police sergeant was justified in shooting a man who hijacked a backhoe and went on a rampage, damaging two police vehicles, an ambulance and an occupied civilian sedan before he was finally stopped. Although authorities collected a trove of surveillance and bodycam video showing precisely what led to the death of Joshua Gonzalez, 20, of Millville, state law still required a grand jury to review the outcome. Gonzalez kept police at bay for nearly a half-hour during the video-recorded rampage in Vineland, which began around 5 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2021, on West Park Dri…
Police & Fire
PA Officers' Lives Were In 'Imminent Danger' When They Shot Armed Teen Dead
The police have been 'cleared' and will not be charged following the Lancaster District Attorney's office investigation into the "officer-involved" shooting death of a Black juvenile burglary suspect, according to a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Police shot and killed 17-year-old Darren Shaw of Lancaster on Aug. 6, according to the County Coroner's office. Ten minutes after midnight, officers with the Lancaster Bureau of Police were called to a burglary in progress in the first block of West New Street, according to a release by the department. The officers arri…
Police & Fire
27-Year-Old Killed By Allentown Police Identified
The man shot and killed by police in Allentown early on Monday, July 24 has been identified as 27-year-old Dominick Hogans. Hogans was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest around 4:30 a.m., said Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio in a release. City police said they were called to the corner of 6th and Turner streets around 3:40 a.m. for reports of a "male waving a firearm." Officers said the man "fled on foot" after they arrived and a chase ensued. Authorities claim the man "brandished a firearm and fired at officers" before they "returned fire, striking the suspect." Hogans…
Police & Fire
GF Mourns Loss Of BF Killed By Police During Car Meet On I-95
Condolences were pouring in for 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Jr., who was shot and killed by police during a car meetup on I-95 early Sunday, June 4. Allegrini failed to yield to troopers trying to contact him during a car meet on the highway at mile marker 21 near Penn's Landing around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. The Glen Mills man struck two troopers, prompting one to fire his service weapon. Allegrini was struck by a bullet and pronounced dead at the scene. The involved Troopers sustained minor injuries. Meanwhile, Allegrini's girlfriend, Reagan Hocking, o…
Police & Fire
Young Driver Shot Dead By Police During Illegal Street Racing Event On I-95 In Philadelphia
An 18-year-old driver from Delaware County was shot and killed by police trying to control an illegal and dangerous street racing meet-up overnight on I-95 in Philadelphia. Troopers were trying to contact Anthony Allegrini Jr. in a vehicle near mile marker 21 near Penn's Landing around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 4, State Police said. ALSO SEE: 'Act Of Racial Profiling:' GF Mourns Loss Of BF Killed By Police During Car Meet On I-95 Allegrini, however, struck two troopers in failing to yield, authorities said. That's when one of the troopers fired his service weapon and struck Allegrin…
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