Family of teen killed at bus stop mourns loss during balloon release: "He was a good kid"
Dayemen Taylor's family and friends honored his life Wednesday during a balloon release outside of Imhotep Charter School in Philadelphia.
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Dayemen Taylor's family and friends honored his life Wednesday during a balloon release outside of Imhotep Charter School in Philadelphia.
For the fourth time this week, a shooting happened in Philadelphia near or on a SEPTA bus. This time, eight Northeast High School students were wounded by gunfire.
Family, friends and loved ones gathered to remember Dayemen Taylor, the teen killed Monday at a SEPTA stop in Philadelphia's Ogontz neighborhood.
A 37-year-old man was shot and killed on a SEPTA bus in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night, police said.
SEPTA said the shooter fled the bus and went into Snyder Station on the Broad Street Line.
Police identified the teen killed in Monday's shooting as Dayemen Taylor, of the city's Fern Rock section, and claimed he was targeted. He was a student at Imhotep Institute Charter High School.
"This is an absolute outrage, it will be solved," Krasner said of a shooting that happened near Imhotep Institute Charter High School on Monday in Philadelphia.
Police said two gunmen opened fire while a SEPTA bus was stopped on Monday, fatally striking a 17-year-old and wounding four others.
On this International Wheelchair Day, Kwanesha Clarke and the Liberty Resources nonprofit are working to create equal access to public transportation for the disabled community.
On this International Wheelchair Day, Kwanesha Clarke and the Liberty Resources nonprofit are working to create equal access to public transportation for the disabled community.
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Over the weekend, a shooting happened on a subway in North Philadelphia and another man was attacked with a hatchet at 8th and Market Streets
Despite the two violent incidents over the weekend, SEPTA Police Chief Chuck Lawson said the agency is doing what they can to prevent crime.
SEPTA says a person died Monday morning after they fell onto the train tracks at City Hall and were electrocuted.
Shuttle buses were temporarily operating between Girard Station and NRG Station early Monday morning, but as of 6 a.m. Broad Street Line service had resumed.
A man said the suspect hit him in the head with a hatchet six times and then kicked him in the face four times at 8th and Market streets.
One man is in custody and a 20-year-old is hospitalized after a shooting on SEPTA's Broad Street Line Saturday night, Philadelphia police said.
A train on SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark regional rail line headed into Philadelphia was stopped on the tracks on Thursday morning. A SEPTA spokesperson believes Amtrak mistakenly rerouted the train to the wrong track.
Riders had to be rescued from a SEPTA Regional Rail train on the Wilmington/Newark Line after SEPTA said it was sent to a track with no power.
A federal grant will help SEPTA replace the over 30-year-old train cars on the Market-Frankford Line.
The agency is receiving $317 million from the Federal Transit Administration's Rail Vehicle Replacement Program.
SEPTA is receiving millions in federal funding for brand-new El cars, four people were hospitalized in a shooting in Allentown and more headlines for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
Two teens now face a murder charge after a 16-year-old died from being shot at SEPTA's 15th Market Street Station in January.
SEPTA is celebrating Black History Month by honoring African American trailblazers in public transportation.
SEPTA on Monday will honor several courageous Black activists who were determined to desegregate public transportation in the United States.
