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Missing Philadelphia Senior May Be In Danger, Authorities Warn Missing Philadelphia Senior May Be In Danger, Authorities Warn
Missing Philadelphia Senior May Be In Danger, Authorities Warn Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in tracking down an endangered missing senior.   Norman Sweeney, 77, hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon, Oct. 23, authorities said.  He was last spotted along the 500 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington, near Lewis Elkin Elementary School, according to PPD.  Sweeney is 6-foot-1 and 165 pounds with a thin build, gray hair, and a mustache, police said. He was wearing a black jacket, a sweater, multicolored pants with maroon stripes on the sides, and red, white, and blue sneakers. Anyone with informat…

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Woman Struck By Bullets Playing Kickball At Philly Rec Center Facing Long Road To Recovery Woman Struck By Bullets Playing Kickball At Philly Rec Center Facing Long Road To Recovery
Woman Struck By Bullets Playing Kickball At Philly Rec Center Facing Long Road To Recovery Support is surging for a 35-year-old woman struck by bullets in a shooting at a Philadelphia recreation center earlier this month. Amanda Lyons was shot in the back while playing kickball at the Hancock Rec Center in Kensington around 9:15 p.m. last Wednesday. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy died in the incident. As of Friday morning, more than $103,000 had been raised for Lyons on a GoFundMe campaign launched by Brittany Lyons, her sister-in-law. Amanda and Ben LyonsAmanda Lyons Facebook photo Amanda is an occupational therapist herself, with a clinical background in outpatient brain inj…

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by Cecilia Levine