New father killed in crash
An arrest is pending for the hit-and-run driver who rear-ended a new father's vehicle -- sending the car careening into a telephone pole and leaving the man for dead, police said.
Thomas Wojnar, 28, from...
Six-year-old murder solved
Police have charged a 30-year-old man with the execution-style slayings of his parents, both South Street jewelers.
At a press conference Friday, officials announced an arrest in the six-year-old murder of Richard and Patricia Zimmerman,...
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...
Child critical after shooting
An 8-year-old boy remains in critical but stable condition at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after being shot in the head Sunday night while riding in an SUV with his father and 15-year-old uncle, police...
One nabbed in home invasion
Police arrested one of two men they say terrorized a 75-year-old woman after they broke into her home and robbed her at gunpoint.
Two men burst into an elderly woman's home Sunday and robbed her...
Mom charged in tot’s death
The mother of 3-year-old Porchia Bennett -- who was allegedly beaten, choked and starved to death at the hands of other relatives -- surrendered to police Tuesday, officials said.
Tiffany Bennett, 27, is charged with...
Slain in drive-by
Homicide detectives continue to hunt for the drive-by shooter who killed a 26-year-old man on the 2500 block of Tasker Street.
Naim Sadat, of the 1900 block of Point Breeze Avenue, was pronounced dead at...
Boyfriend stabbed to death
A tumultuous six-year relationship ended when a woman allegedly knifed her beau in the chest during an argument, police said.
A woman apparently did in her longtime boyfriend Friday afternoon -- first with words and...
Cross Street man stabbed to death
Homicide detectives are investigating the stabbing and beating death of an older man inside his home last weekend on the 2100 block of Cross Street.
William Clark, 65, was pronounced dead in his house at...
Fatal hail of bullets
Homicide detectives continue to search for the killer who gunned down a 20-year-old Grays Ferry man Monday.
Alonzo Brown was struck three times -- once each in the upper back, left arm and right hand...
