Crime

Authorities say a gunman opened fire with a rifle, and that officials are investigating it as a “hate crime and racially motived violent extremism.”

Three people were injured in the first shooting, one in the second, and 17 in what police described as an exchange of gunfire between two groups of people.

The gunfire happened just after 9 a.m. inside the building in Hunting Park.

Prosecutors say the cheesesteak shop owners bilked the IRS out of between $550,000 and $1.5 million.

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Four Philly nonprofits originally planned gun violence prevention events on the Saturday before Mother’s Day.

New Jersey will use $10 million in federal funds to install license plate readers along highways and on police cars in hopes of tracking down stolen vehicles.

As Philadelphia marks National Crime Victims Rights Week with a series of events, the city’s gun violence shows no signs of abating.

Police say two adults were shot while in the stands while students practiced on the field.

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The man accused in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.

ATF agents identified 400 illegally trafficked guns in Philadelphia that were bought by straw purchasers in Georgia and South Carolina.

The suspect is accused of buying some gun parts and creating others on a 3D printer at his Roxborough-Manayunk home to create untraceable firearms.

Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit.

In a bi-weekly gun violence update, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said the crime rate is rising in areas targeted for crime prevention.