At least 16 people were shot across the city of Philadelphia this weekend, police said. Of those victims, two are dead, including a 12-year-old boy, and eight.
A fire at a rowhome in North Philadelphia that broke out early Wednesday morning has left one man dead, officials said. The Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly after 2:30 am along the 2600 block of N. 16th Street. The property had an illegal electric hookup and no smoke detectors.
A fight over a woman may have prompted a shooting outside a Philadelphia Popeye’s restaurant that left a young man dead and two others injured, police sources.
Gunfire erupted outside of a North Philadelphia Popeyes restaurant just after closing time Monday night, leaving a young man dead and two other people hurt.
A Philadelphia man is facing federal charges for allegedly shooting a SWAT officer who was executing an arrest warrant at a Fairhill apartment building last February.