CRIME & SAFETY
Man dies after being shot multiple times in Springfield Township, police say
A man died after being shot in Springfield Township Thursday afternoon. Springfield Township police responded to the 2000 block of Springdale Road for a report of a person shot inside their vehicle at approximately 1:35 p.m., according to a news release. When they arrived on scene, they located 30-year-old Jairyn Blackwell, of Lincoln Heights, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
5 men impersonating police officers charged in 2006 kidnapping, murder
Federal prosecutors charged five men this week accused of impersonating Philadelphia police officers in the 2006 kidnapping and killing of a 38-year-old man. The indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania alleges the men — while posing as police officers using fake badges, police lights, and firearms — kidnapped Shamari Taylor and his then-21-year-old girlfriend from West Philadelphia to rob him of cocaine and drug money. Kevin Holloway, 45; Mark Scott, 48; Linton Mathis, 50; Atiba Wicker, 47; and Kenneth Tuck, 51, were charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death, kidnapping resulting in death,...
18-year-old killed, 4 other teens wounded by gunfire over the weekend, in three separate incidents
Five teenagers have been shot in Philadelphia in three separate incidents so far this weekend. On a Kingsessing porch, three teens were gunned down, and a 22-year-old suffered a bullet wound to the leg. An 18-year-old, shot in the face, died.
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