Police shoot man wanted for fatally shooting woman in Kensington
Philadelphia police recognized Spencer Majett, 29, in the same neighborhood where they say he shot and killed a 23-year-old woman on Oct. 8.
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Philadelphia police recognized Spencer Majett, 29, in the same neighborhood where they say he shot and killed a 23-year-old woman on Oct. 8.
Philadelphia police on Tuesday shot a man wanted for fatally shooting a woman in Kensington on Oct. 8, investigators said. The suspect is in critical but stable condition at the hospital, officials said.
A person of interest is in custody after a 14-year-old boy was hit by a car in Kensington on his way to school Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia police say a hit-and-run driver is now in custody, after hitting a 14-year-old boy, crossing the street on his way to school Tuesday morning. Surveillance video shows a BMW hit the boy, at Frankford and Clementine in Kensington, just outside of Jules Mastbaum Vocational School. Police say the driver initially stopped and got out, but then drove away. The teenager is in stable condition.
A woman who was not the intended target was killed while walking past a store in the Kensington section of the city, police said.
Filmmaker Charlie Minn spent four days in Kensington and filmed his documentary to bring awareness to those struggling with addiction.
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Philadelphia Police Officer Jaime Roman, who was shot in the line of duty in Kensington in June, has died. Roman was 31.
A woman died in a fire Wednesday morning inside a home in Kensington. The fire broke out at a home on the 3500 block of Frankford Avenu just before 10 a.m. Police said the victim was a woman who was in her 80s. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Jaime Roman, a Philadelphia police officer who was shot on the job in June in Kensington, died Tuesday night, officials said.
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A 24-year-old man was shot and killed while holding his 1-year-old son in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, police said.
An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood while holding his 1-year-old son Wednesday evening.
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A 20-year-old man in extremely critical condition is among the four people shot in Kensington, Philadelphia police said.
Three men and a woman were shot in Philadelphia's Kensington section on Tuesday night, police said.
Philadelphia Police said a woman was "tragically killed" after she was shot while trying to help break up a fight on the 2500 block of Kensington Avenue early Monday.
Philadelphia Police said a woman in her mid-to-late 30s was "tragically killed" after she was shot while trying to help break up a fight in the city's Kensington neighborhood early Monday morning.
A man was charged with murder and arson following a fire that killed a 66-year-old woman and displaced 23 residents in Kensington Friday morning.
A woman was killed and 23 residents are displaced following a fire that broke out in the Kensington section of Philadelphia on Friday morning, according to police.
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