Another child sacrificed
Khynief Hatchett, 8, was caught in the crossfire of what police labeled a 'domestic dispute' two weeks ago. He succumbed to his wounds on Monday, and the suspected shooter was charged with murder.
The 8-year-old...
One dead in triple shooting
An argument triggered the gunfire that also wounded the victim's 19-year-old girlfriend and an innocent bystander, police said.
Homicide detectives have issued an arrest warrant for the alleged triggerman in a shooting that killed one...
Arrest in dismemberment case
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A dismembered man found stuffed into garbage bags in the basement of a rowhome died of blunt force trauma to the head, officials said. The remains of John Thistlewood, 26, from the 2400...
South Philly drug ring
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Eight locals were arrested for cocaine distribution allegedly spearheaded by a Marconi man that trafficked $800,000 worth of the drug around Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Attorney General’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and police departments...
Porchia’s sisters share their horror
The trial for the slaying of 3-year-old Porchia Bennett has often left her three older sisters in the shadows. But the jury has now had the chance to meet the other victims in this...
Father shot dead, tot wounded
Derek White had just picked up his 4-year-old daughter from a Winton Street daycare center Friday afternoon when bullets struck both of them. Police say the shooter targeted White, who later died of...
Killed by friend
Dominic Pinto, 18, spent the night at friend and coworker Robert Novelli's home Monday night. The next morning at about 7:30, Novelli pumped a single shot into Pinto's head in an upstairs hallway ending...
Most Wanted fugitive nabbed
A young man detectives identified as the "known leader" of the 27th and Dickinson Street gang has been taken into custody and charged with two shootings that occurred last year. Tyrik...
FDR murder suspect arrested in Chester last night
On Wednesday, April 3 at 5:55 p.m., the Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the US Marshall Service, arrested 19-year-old Tyquan “FATS” Atkinson on the 800 block of Upland Street...
Sentenced to death
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More than two years after two women were murdered in Grays Ferry, their killer has been sentenced to the death penalty.
Laquaille Bryant, of Fern Rock, was hired to keep Chante Wright, a federally protected...