Northeast Philadelphia community begins healing process after teens shot at bus stop
After 8 students were shot at the Five Points intersection, one witness said it looked like a "mini war zone, but children."
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After 8 students were shot at the Five Points intersection, one witness said it looked like a "mini war zone, but children."
Law enforcement took more than an hour to get inside the classroom and kill the gunman, even as children inside the classrooms called 911, begging police to rescue them.
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.
Four separate shootings in Philadelphia this week have happened on or near SEPTA buses.
Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting at a SEPTA station on Broad Street and Hunting Park Avenue on Feb. 24.
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.
At least seven people were shot at Rising Sun and Cottman avenues in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.
A 37-year-old man was shot and killed on a SEPTA bus in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night, police said.
Police said 88-year-old Richard Butler was shot and killed while he was inside a white Hyundai in West Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon.
A man was seriously injured after a shooting in North Philadelphia on the edge of Temple University's campus on Tuesday night, police said.
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.
Philadelphia police say after the 88-year-old man, identified as Richard Butler, was shot at, he lost control of his car and crashed into a flower planter along the 100 block of North Dewey Street.
Philadelphia police are investigating after they found an elderly man shot twice in the chest inside a white Hyundai in West Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.
A shooting in the area of Ogontz and Godfrey Avenues in Philadelphia's Ogontz section left a teenager dead and four others injured on Monday afternoon.
A suspect wanted in connection with fatally shooting two people in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park "execution style" was taken into custody on Monday night, police said.
Last week, 49-year-old Thurston Cooper and 38-year-old Krystina Chambers were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in Fairmount Park.
A 17-year-old boy is dead and four other people, including two other teens, were injured in a shooting in Philadelphia's Ogontz neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to police.
Police said two gunmen opened fire while a SEPTA bus was stopped on Monday, fatally striking a 17-year-old and wounding four others.
A child is dead and at least three other people were injured in a shooting in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to police.
Two men were charged with murder in connection with a shooting that left a 31-year-old woman dead in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the District Attorney's Office said.
Philadelphia Police said investigators believe a fight led to the shooting, which happened just before 3 a.m. at the Half Moon Lounge on Lancaster Avenue in the city's Belmont neighborhood.
An East Lansdowne man shot and killed four of his family members and set a fire that killed his 10-year-old nephew, investigators said in a news conference.
The shooting happened in the area of 2700 West Montgomery Avenue at around 10:15 p.m. Monday in North Philadelphia, according to police.
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With temperatures dropping overnight across the Philadelphia region, any wet areas will freeze and become slick.
Teachers say Clearview Regional School District coach Tom Hengel and his wife were killed in a crash in Mullica Hill Saturday.
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