Man accused of starting fight that led to 2022 South Street mass shooting sentenced
Investigators said Rashaan Vereen started a fight outside Rita's Italian Ice that sparked the mass shooting on Philadelphia's South Street in 2022.
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Investigators said Rashaan Vereen started a fight outside Rita's Italian Ice that sparked the mass shooting on Philadelphia's South Street in 2022.
Derrick Gant, better known by stage name Phat Geez, was shot and killed Sunday night in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia.
Mourners to flocked to The Met Philadelphia to pay respects to Phat Geez, whose real name is Derrick Gant. The rapper sought to speak out against gun violence and had recently released a song "Nogunzone." He was shot and killed Sunday and the incident was captured on Ring surveillance camera video, Ray Strickland reports.
A Philadelphia rapper known as Phat Geez was shot and killed in North Philadelphia late Sunday night. CBS News Philadelphia's Kerri Corrado spoke to relatives about his legacy.
Philadelphia artist Meek Mill is paying tribute to his fellow rapper and collaborator Derrick Gant, known as Phat Geez, who was shot and killed near his home Sunday night. Police are investigating.
Philadelphia police are looking for a person seen on surveillance video who they believe shot and killed 88-year-old Richard Butler on March 5.
State Sen. Sharif Street said the town hall meetings are necessary to keep moving forward and address the gun violence in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police are still searching for one more suspect who was involved in a SEPTA bus stop shooting that injured eight Northeast High School students.
Police responding to a shooting call found a man dead on the 2900 block of West Oxford Street late Tuesday.
Two Philadelphia officers are being hailed as heroes after they applied tourniquets to teens who were shot in a mass shooting last week in Northeast Philadelphia. Doctors said their actions saved lives.
Students at Philadelphia's Northeast High School are returning to in-person learning this week, days after eight teenagers were injured in a shooting at a SEPTA bus stop.
Multiple sources tell CBS Philadelphia that two people are in custody in connection with a shooting that injured eight Northeast High School students at a SEPTA bus stop last week at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues.
Eight Northeast High School students were shot in Philadelphia near a SEPTA bus station at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues on Wednesday, police said.
Police say they are looking for three gunmen and a getaway driver seen in surveillance video in connection with a shooting that injured 8 teens in the Burholme section of Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.
The national nonprofit is seeking volunteers for patrols to help keep kids safe on North Philly bus routes.
The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, formed after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is recruiting volunteers for safety patrols on Northeast Philadelphia SEPTA bus routes.
After 8 students were shot at the Five Points intersection, one witness said it looked like a "mini war zone, but children."
Witnesses described the scene they saw Wednesday when 8 teens were shot in the Burholme section of Philadelphia near a SEPTA bus stop.
SEPTA Transit Police Chief Charles Lawson discussed safety at a press conference Wednesday. Hours later, eight teens were shot near a bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia.
SEPTA police use more than 30,000 cameras to monitor Philadelphia's public transportation system.
Four separate shootings in Philadelphia this week have happened on or near SEPTA buses.
Witnesses and community leaders described frustration and sadness after 8 Northeast High School students were shot in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Dayemen Taylor's family and friends honored his life Wednesday during a balloon release outside of Imhotep Charter School in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia City Councilmember Anthony Phillips spoke to CBS News Philadelphia's Jessica Kartalija after 8 students were shot near a SEPTA bus stop in his district Wednesday.
Eight Northeast High School students were shot near a SEPTA station in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday. Jessica Kartalija has the latest details.
