DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting victims
The Florida governor and candidate for the GOP presidential nomination has made anti-"wokeness" a centerpiece of his campaign. His appearance drew boos, but some in the crowd applauded him.
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The Florida governor and candidate for the GOP presidential nomination has made anti-"wokeness" a centerpiece of his campaign. His appearance drew boos, but some in the crowd applauded him.
19-year-old Kevin July died from his injuries.
Police said 19-year-old Kevin July was killed during a mass shooting at a West Philadelphia birthday party over the weekend.
Police now say at least nine people were shot, including one person who died, after a mass shooting at a birthday party in West Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
Shots rang out on Creighton Street near Wyalusing Avenue early Saturday morning, Philadelphia police say.
The defendants in the lawsuit include social media companies and gun companies after 10 Black people were killed in a racially motivated shooting at a Tops supermarket.
City councilmember Kenyatta Johnson is continuing his series of roundtable discussions on gun violence. It comes as the city deals with yet another mass shooting.
Five people were shot Tuesday night in the city's Feltonville neighborhood.
Police said the vigil was for a homicide victim in the Feltonville area earlier this month on July 5.
The shooting happened in the area of D Street and Wyoming Avenue just after 8:30 p.m. in Feltonville.
A day before killing four people in a mass shooting in Philadelphia last week, authorities say the gunman went to his first victim's door wearing a dark mask, shot through it and yelled that he was law enforcement before entering the home and continuing to shoot.
Police now say the first victim, Joseph Wamah Jr., was killed nearly two days before the shooting spree and officers were dispatched to the wrong area of the city.
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is looking into the alleged errors by 911 dispatchers.
The ongoing investigation determined, Joseph Wamah Jr., 29, was allegedly fatally shot by the suspect, Kimbrady Carriker, about 44 hours before the mass shooting.
One of the five people killed in the Kingsessing mass shooting last week was killed nearly two days before the alleged gunman fired randomly on the street, police said.
One person suffered "serious" injuries in the shooting, according to Cleveland police. No deaths have been reported.
At least 14 deaths and 50 injuries came from shootings over the Fourth of July weekend.
This week, a Kingsessing community was rattled after a mass shooting left five dead and two others injured, severe weather in the region prompted alerts and damaged property and residents across the Philadelphia area celebrated the Fourth of July.
The mass shooting in Kingsessing left five dead and two others injured by gunfire.
Philadelphia police said they recovered 12 ghost guns in 2018. That number jumped to 575 last year.
Police said the suspect in the Kingsessing mass shooting had two ghost guns during the incident.
The man accused of fatally shooting five people in Philadelphia on Monday night told police in sum and substance that he carried out the attack to clean up the neighborhood, according to reports.
It has been a heartbreaking 48 hours for Josephine and Jasmine, whose brother Joseph Wamah, Jr., was one of five people killed in Kingsessing Monday night.
Wednesday night's prayer vigil in Kingsessing comes as the Philadelphia District Attorney charged the accused gunman with five counts of murder.
A peace walk is happening at 56th Street and Chester Avenue at 6 p.m., Wakisha Bailey reports.
