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Gun Violence

In this courtroom sketch, Frank James, seated at center of right table, and on left of the screen, upper right, appears during the brief proceeding in a federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, April 14, 2022. James, accused of opening fire on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn, was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City
Courts & Law

Brooklyn subway attack suspect is jailed without bail

Frank James appeared in federal court Thursday, a day after his arrest in an attack that left 10 people shot.

4 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center
Courts & Law

Video shows Michigan police officer shot Patrick Lyoya in the head

Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser before fatally shooting him in the head while the man was face down on the ground.

4 years ago

New York City Police and law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62, center, away from a police station
Courts & Law

Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos

Police say a trove of evidence is Frank James' YouTube videos, with opinions on everything from racism in America an New York City’s new mayor to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Community

Summer is coming. Philadelphia hopes a new activities campaign will prevent gun violence and keep kids safe

Philadelphia officials are rolling out summer activities for kids, in anticipation of a surge in gun violence this summer. What will it take to make them safe?

4 years ago

Defender Association of Philadelphia office building
Politics & Policy

Essay: Why the mayor’s proposed budget sends the wrong message on public safety

The mayor’s proposed budget reflects a troubling imbalance in the approach to public safety, writes Keisha Hudson of the Defender Association.

4 years ago

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location

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

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at night
Community

Fewer police stats, more community engagement sought at Philly gun violence briefings

The briefings emphasize police responses to shootings, which attendees and experts believe contributes to harmful portrayals of gun violence in the media.

4 years ago

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe

Chief of Detectives James Essig identified the man as 62-year-old Frank R. James and says James has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.

4 years ago

ATF officials announced two federal indictments of 14 individuals charged with trafficking about 500 firearms from the Southern states of Georgia and South Carolina to sell in Philadelphia, at a press conference on April 11, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

400 illegal guns in Philly flowed through the ‘Iron Pipeline’

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

4 years ago

ADA William Fritze talks about 3d printed firearms arrest
Courts & Law

Philly man accused of using 3D printer to make ‘ghost guns’ faces charges

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.

4 years ago

Pastor Erich Kussman speaks to a crowd outside of St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church in Trenton. Community members rallied on Palm Sunday to raise awareness about possible solutions to gun violence.
Community

‘Prophets of resistance’: Faith leaders take a stand against Trenton gun violence as dozens march through the city

Dozens of residents of various religions and congregations rallied to press local government to allocate American Rescue Plan funding toward gun violence solutions.

4 years ago

A close-up of President Joe Biden.
Courts & Law

Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns in days

The Biden administration is expected to come out within days with its long-awaited ghost gun rule. The aim is to rein in privately made firearms without serial numbers.

4 years ago

File photo: People march at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday, April 6, 2022, against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February
Courts & Law

No charges filed in no-knock warrant killing of Amir Locke

prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant.

4 years ago

Penelope Scott holds a collection of family photos including one of her son, De'vazia Turner, one of the victims killed in a mass shooting, during an interview with The Associate Press in Elk Grove, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting a day earlier.
Community

2nd man arrested on gun charges in Sacramento mass shooting

A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people in California’s capital.

4 years ago

The family of Kevin Drinks, who was murdered in 2011, speaks at a press event announcing the convictions of four men who were found guilty of his murder.
Courts & Law

Cold case no more: 4 convicted in 2011 Philly murder

More than a decade after the death of Kevin Drinks, four men have been convicted for his murder in what prosecutors say was a case of mistaken identity.

4 years ago

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