Woman killed, 2 others wounded in targeted West Philly shooting, police say
Police say at least 27 spent shell casings were recovered in a targeted shooting that left a woman dead and two others wounded in West Philadelphia.
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Police say at least 27 spent shell casings were recovered in a targeted shooting that left a woman dead and two others wounded in West Philadelphia.
A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed in what police say was a targeted shooting in West Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.
Philadelphia police shot and killed a man on the 5400 block of Webster Street in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Neighbors described the man who was shot and killed by Philadelphia police on Tuesday morning as quiet and kind. Philadelphia police said the man, 75-year-old Anthony McKinley, fired first. The shooting is under investigation.
A man was fatally shot by Philadelphia Police in the city's Cobbs Creek section Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said officers were responding to a radio call about a person with a weapon when they encountered an armed man sitting on a front porch. Vanore said there was a "confrontation," and while he couldn't confirm who shot first, he said investigators believe the man fired the first shots.
Residents in West Philadelphia are fed up with a massive hole in the middle of their street that started after a water main break.
The hole in the center of South 56 Street near Catharine Street in West Philadelphia has been there for about two months.
Premier Barber Institute hosts a free haircut give back to the West Philadelphia community with Chosen 300 Ministries for Good Friday. Siafa Lewis reports.
A shooting in Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek neighborhood Monday night has left two people dead and three others injured, police said.
Police are looking for surveillance cameras and witnesses to learn more about what happened in a quintuple shooting at 60th and Delancey streets Monday night. Ray Strickland reports.
It's a trend happening nationally, but some Philadelphia police districts are reporting zero murders going back to Jan. 1.
Kermit Gosnell, the former West Philadelphia doctor convicted of multiple infant murders and found guilty involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient, has died at 85.
Monumental Baptist Church was founded in 1826 and will turn 200 years old on March 24 after standing through some of the most defining moments in American history, including the era of slavery. Wakisha Bailey reports.
A rowhome fire in West Philadelphia that sent two people to the hospital is under investigation.
ACCT Philly helped get a trapped dog down from a support beam at a SEPTA station in West Philadelphia.
A fire in West Philadelphia Saturday night left two people injured, the fire department said.
A crash involving an SUV and a SEPTA Trolley has left one man dead and two others injured early Friday morning.
A large fire in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia has left 10 people injured.
An crash involving a car and a SEPTA trolley has left one man dead and two others injured early Friday morning in West Philadelphia's Cathedral Park neighborhood. Wakisha Bailey reports.
Multiple firefighters were hospitalized after a floor collapsed inside a burning home where a fire was burning on Monday night into Tuesday morning in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia. Brandon Goldner reports.
A firefighter was taken to a hospital after a fire that damaged multiple rowhomes in West Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. At least 10 people in total are injured and the Red Cross is assisting nine displaced residents. Brandon Goldner reports from the 5300 block of Hazelhurst Street.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority is redeveloping the site of the former West Park Apartments to bring housing, retail and green space to the area.
Twenty students from Global Leadership Academy are traveling to West Africa as part of the school's long-running international learning program.
Seventh graders from Global Leadership Academy are on their way to a destination halfway across the world. They're headed to Ghana for a 10-day learning excursion, connecting classroom lessons to the continent where so much of that history began. Wakisha Bailey was there as their journey began.
Global Leadership Academy students are taking a trip to Ghana, in West Africa, as part of their Black History Month curriculum, connecting classroom lessons to the continent where so much of that history began. Dr. Naomi Johnson Booker, the school's founder, tells Wakisha Bailey these international trips are "the pinnacle of what we do."
