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North Philly Shooter Caught On Victim's Dash Cam: Police (
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Police detectives in Philadelphia are looking for two suspects who shot at a driver on Friday night, April 12. Authorities said the pair stopped in front of the victim at a red light at Old York Road and Cheltenham Avenue around 9:40 p.m. Dashboard camera footage shows the passenger open fire at the victim before fleeing in a black Nissan Murano. Dashboard camera footage. PhiladelphiaPolice Officials said the victim was struck once in the chest and hospitalized in critical condition. The suspect vehicle was last seen fleeing north on Old York Road into Cheltenh…
Police & Fire
Police ID Gunman In Philadelphia's Eid Al-Fitr Celebration Shootout
Police have identified one of the four armed individuals involved in a shootout that erupted during an Eid al-Fitr celebration in Philadelphia this week. Kahbir Oglesby-Hicks, 21, of Philadelphia, was arrested and charged with Violation of the Uniformed Firearms Act (VUFA), possessing an instrument of crime, VUFA on streets, and evading arrest, city police said. Gunfire between two groups rang out out just before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, during the celebration on 47th and Wyalusing Avenue, police said. A 22-year-old black male was struck in the stomach and a 15-year-old black …
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Escaped Inmate Plunges Down 30-Foot Embankment In Philadelphia While Fleeing US Marshals
The search for an inmate who escaped custody earlier this week in Philadelphia is heating up with new information, and a new reward being offered by the U.S. Marshals Service. Alleem Borden ran from officers on the 1300 block of North Allison Street in West Philly around 6:45 a.m. Monday, Feb. 26, Philadelphia police said. He was reportedly being held in connection with a stolen car. The U.S, Marshals say he escaped while being discharged from a hospital. Video obtained by 6abc shows Borden running with his hands cuffed behind his back. Maggie Kent shared the footage to X. VIDEO:…
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Two Officers Hospitalized After Crash Heading To Call: Philadelphia Police
Two Philadelphia officers were struck by a private vehicle on their way to a call, police announced on Monday night. The patrol vehicle was struck at the intersection of 16th Street and Norris Street in the 22nd District at approximately 8:29 p.m. on Feb. 12, the police explained in a release about an hour later. The two officers inside were taken to Temple Hospital by Medic 13. They suffered minor injuries and "are expected to be treated and released," the police said. No one else suffered any injuries.
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Anti-Jewish AND Muslim Hate Lands Philly Man Federal Charges:
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A Philadelphia man is charged with communicating threats across state lines, according to federal prosecutors. Yaniv Gola, 50, is accused of threatening to "injure, rape and kill" eight different people over the phone, said the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Investigators claim Gola used a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to hide his real phone number from the victims. Investigators believe the calls took place between August 2022 and November 2023. "You (expletive) Jew, now I know where you are," he allegedly said in one call. "…
Police & Fire
Autobody Shop Finds Body In Trunk Of Nissan, Philadelphia Police Say
Mechanics at a Philadelphia autobody shop made an unusual discovery in the trunk of a Nissan on Friday afternoon police announced that evening. The "partially decomposed body" of a Black man in his mid-30s was found in the trunk of a silver Nissan Maxim at an autobody shop in the 2300 block of South 63rd Street around 1:17 p.m. on Jan, 26, police detailed in the release. John Doe had "no visible trauma to the body," as stated in the release. He was officially pronounced dead at 1:26 p.m. by a Medic. The scene has been held for the police investigation. Updates are expected, s…
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Philly Police Kill Suspect In Early Morning Standoff: Officials
One man was shot dead in a confrontation with Philadelphia police in the Northeast on Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, according to authorities. Officers were called about a car accident near Roosevelt Boulevard and Borbeck Avenue in Rhawnhurst just before 5 a.m., Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore told reporters in a press conference. One officer spotted a Dodge pickup truck parked halfway on the Borbeck Avenue curb and approached the driver, who denied being in an accident and said he didn't need help, according to authorities. When the officer began to drive away from t…
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Suspect Charged For Philly Shooting That Injured 9: Authorities
More than a year after nine people were hurt in a Kensington shooting, one man faces criminal charges, Philadelphia police announced. Michael Smith-Davis, 25, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 11 for attempted murder, criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, and related counts, said city police in a release. The shooting happened late on Nov. 5, 2022, authorities have said. Police responded to the 800 block of East Allegheny Avenue to find nine people suffering from gunshot wounds. All were taken to Temple University Hospital where four were placed in critical condition and …
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Philly Man Charged After 5-Year-Old Shoots Self By Accident: Authorities
A 33-year-old man faces reckless endangerment charges after a 5-year-old shot himself in the leg twice on Sunday, Jan. 7, authorities say. Philadelphia police said they were called to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children around 5:15 p.m. when the victim showed up in a private vehicle with two gunshot wounds. His condition was eventually stabilized, officials said. Investigators believe the child shot himself on the 3500 block of Joyce Street in Kensington. Rhamique Topping surrendered to police later that evening, according to the department. He is charged wi…
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SEPTA Train Strike Kills Man After Fight Flings Him Onto Tracks
A man was fatally struck by a SEPTA train following a fight in University City on Thursday afternoon, Philadelphia Police told Daily Voice. The "unusual incident" began with a fight between two men at 34th and Market Street down to the eastbound platform of the 34th Street subway station, Officer Tanya Little said. As a result of the fight, a "white man" fell onto the tracks and was hit by a SEPTA train at 4:36 p.m. on Jan. 4, Little explained. Medics arrived but ultimately he was pronounced dead at 5:42 p.m. According to Little "no apprehensions" have been made as of 7:30…
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Alleged Pennypack Slasher Charged In 3 Unsolved Rapes: Philly PD
The man accused of terrorizing hikers with a machete at Pennypack Park trail last month is now officially charged in three more cold cases, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice. Elias Diaz was booked for a string of sexual assaults on Wednesday, Dec. 27, the department said. Two of the attacks happened in Fairmount Park in 2003 while the third was in Pennypack back in 2007, according to authorities. The new charges came just a week after 46-year-old Diaz was accused of the 2003 rape and murder of Rebecca Park, whose remains were discovered after she disappeared while joggin…
Obituaries
Police ID 19-Year-Old Killed In Philly Gas Station Shooting
Authorities have named the 19-year-old who was fatally shot at a Frankford gas station Wednesday night. Isiah Pagan was shot inside a store on the 5200 block of Oxford Avenue around 6 p.m. on Dec. 20, Philadelphia police told Daily Voice. One other man sitting in a car outside the gas station was shot in the leg and hospitalized in stable condition, and a woman pumping gas was grazed in the foot, NBC Philadelphia reported. Rake Baseball and Softball of Feasterville said Pagan played with their organization and offered condolences Thursday morning, Dec. 21. "Is…
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Transgender Activist Arrested On Child Rape Charges In Philadelphia
A popular Pennsylvania transactivist has been arrested on child rape charges. Kendall Stephens, 37, Philadelphia, became a bit of a local celebrity after a violent attack on her ended with the convict of Tymesha Wearing in 2020, the Philly DA explained at the time. Following an investigation by the Attorney General's office into two claims that Stephens raped children; Philadelphia Police arrested her on Monday, Dec. 18, court records show. Both cases list an incident date of Sept. 25, 2023, but Daily Voice has reached out to officials for more information. …
Obituaries
NJ Musician, 29, Stabbed Dead In Philadelphia
A 29-year-old musician from Clifton, NJ died in a Philadelphia stabbing last month. Carl James "CJ" Mueller III was found unresponsive on the 1400 block of Snyder Avenue around 3:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24, Philadelphia police said. Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained. The sorrow we feel when... Posted by Ginger Kelly on Monday, November 27, 2023 CJ, who was reported missing, was pronounced dead just before 3:30 a.m. A postmortem exam performed by a doctor with a detective present and a single stab wound was found in the ce…
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'70 Rounds Fired' Leaves 7 Shot, 2 Killed In Philadelphia: Police (
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(Note: This story has been updated with new details from Philadelphia police.) Details are emerging in the North Philadelphia mass shooting incident that killed two and sent five more to the hospital on Tuesday night, Nov. 21. The gunfire rang out on the corner of North 6th and North Fairhill streets around 8:30 p.m., authorities said. "At least 70 rounds were fired," the Philadelphia Police said. Two men, 31-year-old Roger Marquez and 38-year-old Leon Pierre, were shot multiple times and taken to Temple University Hospital where they died, according to PPD. Other vi…
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Robber Drags Victim Down SEPTA Station Stairs In Philadelphia Police Video
A robber at a Center City SEPTA station dragged a commuter down the stairs in an attack that was caught on video, according to Philadelphia police. Security footage shows the 51-year-old victim being pulled down a stairwell at the 1500 Market Street SEPTA platform around 5 a.m. on Nov. 9, authorities said. Surveillance footage of the SEPTA station robbery. PhiladelphiaPolice Police say the robber also took the victim's cell phone and money. He is described as a black man in dark clothes with a full beard and a blue knit cap. Anyone with information is asked to call PPD at 215-686…
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Philly Teen's Killer Spotted At Hookah Bar Before Slaying, Police Say
The gunman who killed a teen near a Frankford hookah bar last month was spotted on video patronizing the bar just before the killing, according to city police. The shooting happened on the 4100 block of Torresdale Avenue just before 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 4, Daily Voice reported. An 18-year-old man was killed and a 20-year-old woman was shot in the arm, authorities said at the time. Police have released new security footage that they say shows the shooter and his car in the hours before the attack. PhiladelphiaPolice The suspect is described as a bearded black man in his early to mid-…
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Erratic Gunman Brings SWAT Team, Police Presence To I-95 In Philadelphia: Cops
An armed man behaving erratically with a handgun stopped traffic along I-95 in Philadelphia Friday morning, Nov. 3, city police said. Just before 8:30 a.m., a Philadelphia police officer tried stopping a vehicle driving erratically near the Girard Avenue exit on the southbound side, police said. Another officer arrived for backup as the man drew his semiautomatic handgun and placed it to his own head, police said. SWAT and Crisis Intervention Trained (CIT) Officers arrived on the scene, closing the highway in both directions. At one point, the man, still armed, briefly entered the captain…
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Deadly Double Shooting Under Investigation In Philadelphia: Police
One man is dead and another injured after shots rang out on a South Philadelphia street corner Tuesday night, Oct. 17. It happened near South 5th and Carpenter streets around 7 p.m., police told Daily Voice. A 23-year-old man was shot multiple times throughout the body and taken to Jefferson Hospital where he died, authorities said. Another victim, 25, was hospitalized with a wound to the left hand and placed in stable condition. No weapons were recovered from the scene and no arrests had been made as of Wednesday morning, Oct. 18.
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11-Year-Old Girl On Playground Shot, No Suspect, Philadelphia Police Say
An 11-year-old girl was shot in her abdomen while at a playground in Philadelphia, authorities say. The girl was shot in the 3600 block of North 11th Street near Erie Avenue at 6:57 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Philadelphia Police told Daily Voice. The 11-year-old was hit in the right abdomen and taken by her family to Temple Hospital, the police explained. After she was stabilized, she was transferred to St. Christopher Hospital. No suspects have been identified, no arrests have been made, and no weapons were recovered, the police said. As of Thursday, 147 children have b…
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Gunman In Triple-Fatal Philadelphia Shooting That Left 4th Critical Shot By Police: Cops
The gunman police believe was responsible for a quadruple shooting that left three people dead and a fourth critical was shot by authorities in Philadelphia early Monday, Oct. 2. Gunfire rang out around 4:50 a.m. on the 6100 block of Shelbourne Street, where four people were shot, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene while a fourth was hospitalized in critical condition. Around 7 a.m., police stopped a suspect vehicle, and the suspect — a passenger — is believed to have shot at police, Stanford said. Officers returned fire, hit…
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Racing Bucks Driver, 19, Charged In Fatal Philly Crash Was Arrested Last Fall At Car Show
A 19-year-old Bucks County driver has been charged in a Philadelphia crash that killed a pedestrian, authorities said — even more troubling, he was arrested last October. Joseph Vannauker, of Levittown, is facing charges of homicide by vehicle, murder, and reckless driving, for the 12:05 a.m. crash on Castor and Aramingo Tuesday, Aug. 22, Philadelphia police said. Last October, Vannauker was arrested for screaming profanities at police using a bullhorn during and inciting crowds during a car show that caused chaos in Philadelphia streets, Fox29 reports. Vannauker was racing on Castor Avenu…
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Speeding Dodge Charger Kills Pedestrian In Philadelphia; Car, 2 Suspects Found In NJ
A man in his 40s was struck and killed by a speeding Dodge Charger involved in a street race in Philadelphia, authorities said. Two suspects in the hit-and-run crash were later arrested in Pennsauken, NJ, police in Philadelphia said. The pedestrian, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22 by a medic. The name of the Dodge's driver was not released, The second driver fled and was not found by police. Both suspects were expected to be extradited to Pennsylvania.
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17-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Charged For Talking With Al-Qaida Affiliate: FBI
A teenager from Pennsylvania was arrested by FBI agents on Friday, Aug. 11 after authorities say he had been in contact with an al-Qaida-affiliated terror group. The unnamed 17-year-old boy was taken into custody at his Wynnefield residence after an investigation by Bureau agents, Philadelphia police, and various federal agencies, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner's Office. Authorities said that an Instagram account connected to the West Philly teen had communicated with an account affiliated with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ). The State Department has s…
Police & Fire
Philly Area Dad's 'Execution-Style' Killer Arrested: Authorities
The man accused of killing a Pennsylvania father in an "execution-style murder" has been taken into custody, say prosecutors. Quinzell Mickey, a 41-year-old from Spring City, surrendered to Philadelphia police on Tuesday, Aug. 1, said District Attorney Deb Ryan's Office in a release. Investigators have previously claimed that Mickey gunned down 32-year-old William Stafford outside the Park Springs Apartment Community in East Vincent Township in the early morning hours on Saturday, April 15. Surveillance video shows that Mickey and Stafford arrived at the complex in the same Fo…
Obituaries
Services Set For Wyncote Rapper YNG Cheese Killed In Philadelphia Shooting
Services have been set for YNG Cheese, the 25-year-old Philadelphia rapper killed in a triple shooting last week. YNG Cheese, whose real name is Devin Spady and whose father is hip-hop artist Gillie Da King, formerly Gillie Da Kid, died when he was shot in the back on the 5800 block of Mascher Street in Olney, on Thursday, July 20, Philadelphia police said. Spady was taken to Einstein Hospital by police, where he died at 8:39 p.m. A 28-year-old man was shot twice in the right leg, and a 31-year-old man was shot to the left hip. Both other victims were placed in stable condition. No arre…
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect ID'd In Death Of Philadelphia's Khalil Wilkes
Police have identified a suspect in last month's killing of 30-year-old Khalil Wilkes in Philadelphia. Arbri Pajollari-Kreka is being sought on an active warrant for murder, violation of the uniform firearms act, and related offenses, Philadelphia police said. Wiles was found laying next to the driver's side door of a Dodge Charger with its hazard lights on around 2:40 a.m. Saturday, June 24, police said. Wilkes had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene just before 3 a.m. Anyone who knows where Pajollari-Kreka might be is urged to contact police immed…
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Police ID Mother, Daughter Found Dead In Philadelphia Home
Police in Philadelphia have identified the mother and daughter who were found dead in a home earlier this week. Fengjiao Lin, 55, and Chen Chen, 25, were found in the second floor bedroom of a home on the 4300 block of Palmetto Street just before 7:30 a.m. Monday, July 10, Philadelphia police said. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and a weapon was recovered. According to 6abc, the shooting was being investigated as a murder suicide, however, police were not immediately able to confirm whether or not that was the case.
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Mass Shooting Suspect Who Killed 5 In Philly Racks Up Multiple Charges
One suspect faces multiple charges in connection with the mass shooting that left five people dead in Southwest Philadelphia late on Monday, July 3. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, is accused of murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and related firearm offenses, city police told Daily Voice. The first shots rang out just before 8:30 p.m. Monday on the 1600 block of South 56th Street in Kingsessing, the department said. Officers arrived to find multiple victims injured across an "extensive scene," according to police. Six people were rushed from the scene to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where fo…
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Police ID 5 Killed In Philadelphia Mass Shooting
Police have identified the five victims killed Monday evening, July 3 by a 40-year-old gunman in a bulletproof vest who opened fire in Philadelphia's Kingsessing section. The following individuals were killed by gunfire: Lashyd Merritt, 20, male, shot multiple times in the chest and arm, pronounced at 8:43 p.m.; Dymir Stanton, 2, male, shot in the chest and back, pronounced at 8:43 p.m.; Ralph Moralis, 59, shot in the head, side, and buttocks, pronounced at 8:47 p.m.; Daujan Brown, 15, male, shot in the shoulder, chest, and back, pronounced at 8:40 p.m.; Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31, male, shot m…
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Philadelphia Mass Shooter Had Bulletproof Vest,
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tyle Rifle: Police
A gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire in Philadelphia's Kingsessing section Monday night, July 3, killing five people and wounding two children, NBC10 reports citing Philadelphia police. Police responding to reports of shots fired found multiple victims at 56th Street and Chester Avenue around 8:30 p.m., the outlet said. Then, they heard more shots being fired on the 1800 block of Frazier Street, police said. Police spotted the suspect, who led a foot pursuit before officers captured him in an alleyway, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a press conference. The g…
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