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DA, police seek homicide suspects

The District Attorney’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a dozen suspects who it believes are responsible for homicides that were committed in South and Southwest Philadelphia over the last three...

Marshals looking for 2 escapees

United States Marshals are looking for two men who escaped separate local prisons and could be hiding out in the Philadelphia area. According to authorities, Isaiah Robert Tilghman, 33, escaped from Blair County Prison on...

Suspect charged in Point Breeze killing

A suspect has been charged in the shooting death of journalist Joshua Kruger, which occurred on Oct. 2 in the Point Breeze section of South Philadelphia. Robert Davis, 19, was arrested on Oct. 25 and...

Brink’s driver shot on Columbus Blvd.

A Brink’s truck driver was shot outside the Bank of America on the 1900 block of S. Christopher Columbus Blvd on Thursday. According to police, the 24-year-old driver of the armored vehicle was shot...

Long sentences for 2018 murder

Two men have been sentenced to more than 45 years of prison in the 2018 shooting death of 15-year-old Rasul Benson at a gas station on the 2500 block of Passyunk Avenue in South...

Journalist killed in his home in Point Breeze

Local journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed in his home in South Philly’s Point Breeze neighborhood on Oct. 2 and police are searching for answers. According to police, Kruger, 39, was shot...

Shooting on Washington Avenue

A man was shot on the 900 block of Washington Avenue on Wednesday. According to police, a 27-year-old suffered two gunshot wounds in the abdomen at approximately 6:28 p.m. He was transported to Jefferson Hospital...

SEPTA police looking for gunman at Tasker-Morris Station

SEPTA Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a gunman wanted in a shooting at the Tasker-Morris Station this morning. According to SEPTA police, at approximately 6 a.m., a male approached a female...

2 dead, 3 injured in pair of South Philly shootings

A pair of shootings in South Philly on August 24 left two people dead and three others wounded. According to police, a double shooting occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. on the 300 block of Montrose...

Man stabbed on 5th Street

A 21-year-old man was stabbed twice on the 1800 block of S. 5th Street early this morning. According to police, the man was stabbed both times in the right leg at approximately 12:06 a.m. and...
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