Shooting in Southwest Philadelphia kills 17-year-old girl, police say
A girl was shot and killed in an alley near the 7000 block of Elmwood Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia on Friday night, police said.
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A girl was shot and killed in an alley near the 7000 block of Elmwood Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia on Friday night, police said.
Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that killed a 17-year-old girl near the 7000 block of Elmwood Avenue on Friday night.
A police officer, riding a dirt bike, has been rushed to a hospital after getting hit by a car in Southwest Philadelphia. This happened around 4 p.m. Chopper 3 was over the intersection of South 61st Street and Woodland Avenue. A police spokesperson said the officer's injuries are not serious.
A Philadelphia officer is expected to be treated and released from the hospital after being struck by a car while riding a dirt bike in Southwest Philadelphia Friday afternoon.
Police are investigating after human remains were discovered inside of a construction trailer in Southwest Philadelphia Saturday night.
Detectives said Anthony Jerome Sharpe Jr. of Smyrna, Delaware, was sitting near the slides at Russell DeRitis Playground along Grays Avenue when a gunman snuck up behind him and shot him several times.
A man was shot multiple times and killed while at the Russell DeRitis Playground in Southwest Philadelphia on Monday night, police said.
Authorities are still searching for a suspect in the fire at an illegal horse stable in Southwest Philadelphia last month. Investigators believe the fire was intentionally set and are now searching for a man seen on surveillance video minutes before the stable went u[ in flames.
One person died after he was shot at a playground in Southwest Philadelphia Monday night, police say.
Philadelphia Police released video that they said shows a man walking up to the stables on the 5800 block of Eastwick Avenue minutes before fire engulfed the property.
On Monday, Philadelphia police released surveillance video that they said shows a man walking up to the stables on the 5800 block of Eastwick Avenue the morning of Feb. 20. The suspected arsonist was wearing dark-colored pants, a gray long-sleeve shirt or sweatshirt and a black hat, police said.
Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections cited the unlicensed horse stables that caught fire in Southwest Philly in May but the stables continued to house horses.
Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections cited the property back in May but the stables continued to house horses. A man told CBS News Philadelphia that he had been operating his nonprofit, Scorpion Horse Ranch, from there. Now, animal care officials are asking why the city didn’t tell them about this sooner.
Police said a 64-year-old woman was fatally shot in Southwest Philadelphia near 52nd Street and Greenway Avenue early Thursday morning.
Two 13-year-old boys were shot in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday night after an attempted carjacking, police said.
The shooting happened on the 5900 block of Windsor Street at about 6:15 p.m., according to police. Both of the teens are in stable condition.
Police say an unidentified man was dead on a street in Southwest Philadelphia early Thursday morning. They say the man was shot in the head. Officers responded to the 6000 block of Allman Street just after 3 a.m. Police are describing the victim as a John Doe and say he appears to be 20 to 30. They hope surveillance video will be able to help them in their investigation.
A Philadelphia Police vehicle and a car collided in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon. It happened at 54th and Woodland around 12:30 p.m. The police vehicle suffered heavy front-end damage and the car is heavily damaged on the passenger side.
Residents returned to their homes on the 6700 block of Paschall Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia Thursday evening after a gas leak forced them to evacuate.
According to Philadelphia police, the double shooting happened just before 11:45 a.m. on Monday at the laundromat, which is on the corner of Elmwood Avenue and South 65th Street.
A person was taken into custody in connection with a shooting at a Southwest Philadelphia laundromat that injured two people Monday morning.
Two dump trucks carrying gravel were involved in a serious crash in Southwest Philadelphia on Thursday. Chopper 3 was over 61st and Passyunk just before noon. The trucks slammed into several cars. Police said two people were taken to the hospital. We are working to learn their condition and what led to the crash.
A man in his 30s was shot in the head and killed in Southwest Philadelphia's Elmwood Park neighborhood on Wednesday night, police said.
Three people had to be rushed to a hospital after this rowhome fire in Southwest Philadelphia. Crews were called to the home along Reinhard Street in Kingsessing after 11:30 Tuesday. It took firefighters just 15 minutes to get the fire out.
A weapon detection system at a Philadelphia high school led to an alert and lockdown, but police had not yet found a firearm.
