Man sentenced to prison for role in fatal 2022 Roxborough shooting, DA says
A man was sentenced to at least 40 years behind bars for the fatal shootings of Nicolas Elizalde and Nafis Betrand-Hill in Philadelphia.
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A man was sentenced to at least 40 years behind bars for the fatal shootings of Nicolas Elizalde and Nafis Betrand-Hill in Philadelphia.
Zaakir McClendon was sentenced to 40 to 80 years in prison for his role in the shooting near Roxborough High School that killed Nicolas Elizalde and another shooting that left Nafis Betrand-Hill dead in North Philadelphia, officials said.
The town hall was held at the Philadelphia high school in response to anti-Black and antisemitic graffiti found a few weeks ago.
Philadelphia Police say surveillance video shows the person who spray painted racist and antisemitic graffiti on the walls of Roxborough High School early Sunday morning.
Philadelphia police have released surveillance video showing the person they believe is responsible for defacing Roxborough High School's exterior walls with spray painted racist and antisemitic messages early on Sunday, January 4. Anyone who recognizes the person in the video is asked to contact police.
Racist and antisemitic graffiti was found on the outside of Roxborough High School Sunday, the School District of Philadelphia said.
The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating after racist and antisemitic graffiti was found on the outside of Roxborough High School.
Roxborough football player Nicolas Elizalde was ambushed and fatally shot after a scrimmage three years ago on Sept. 27, 2022.
A new memorial garden and mural at Philadelphia's Roxborough High School honors Nicolas Elizalde, a football player who was ambushed and fatally shot after a scrimmage three years ago.
Police charge a sixth suspect in deadly 2022 Roxborough High School shooting.
Philadelphia police have charged Zaakir McClendon, 20, in connection with the shooting that killed Nicolas Elizalde in 2022.
A 17-year-old has pleaded guilty in connection with the 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School in Philadelphia, officials said.
A 19-year-old who pleaded guilty in the 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Zyhied Jones pleaded guilty this fall to two counts of third-degree murder and related crimes. Nicolas Elizalde, 14, died when a group of shooters opened fire after a football scrimmage at the school. A second defendant pleaded guilty this week.
Troy Fletcher, now 17, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges in connection with a fatal 2022 shooting after a football scrimmage outside Roxborough High School in Philadelphia.
Attorneys for Meredith Elizalde say the School District of Philadelphia and PIAA failed to keep her son safe from gun violence.
Commuters experienced an unusual delay on Henry Avenue Monday evening when a group of horses broke free from Saul High School's farm in Roxborough and ventured onto the street.
The scoreboard on the football field at the Academies at Roxborough High School has been named to honor Nick Elizalde, who was killed leaving a football scrimmage in 2022.
Dayron Burney-Thorn was arrested in October 2023 after he was on the run evading police for more than a year.
Dayron Burney-Thorn is one of the five suspects who were involved in a shooting outside of Roxborough High School in September of 2022, where five people were shot including 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde.
Dayron Burney-Thorn is one of the five suspects who were involved in a shooting outside of Roxborough High School in September of 2022, where five people were shot including 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde.
This week, several stores across Philadelphia were looted, Roxborough High School marked one year since the mass shooting death of student Nicolas Elizalde, and the Phillies clinched an NL wild-card berth!
A moment of silence was held at Roxborough High School for Nicolas Elizalde, who was killed in a mass shooting while he was leaving football practice one year ago.
Nicolas Elizalde was killed while leaving a football scrimmage near the school and the suspected shooter is still at large, Howard Monroe reports.
Nicolas Elizalde was amongst a group of teens who were ambushed following a football scrimmage outside the school last September.
U.S. Marshals are increasing the reward for information leading to the arrest of the last suspect in last September's deadly shooting outside Roxborough High School.
