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Gun Violence

District Attorney Larry Krasner
Community

Philly homicides are at a near-record low in 2024, Krasner says

The district attorney said that crime has been on a downward trajectory for the past three years.

2 years ago

Inside a gun shop
Politics & Policy

New Jersey and Delaware AGs join fight to hold firearm dealers accountable

New Jersey and Delaware joined a 16-state alliance aimed at going after gun makers to reduce violence.

2 years ago

Listen 1:07
Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks behind a podium
Community

Philly homicides have dropped 37% since 2021

City leaders are touting 2024’s decline in gun violence, but they say more work needs to be done to improve those numbers further.

2 years ago

Luigi Mangione looking onward
Courts & Law

Inside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Luigi Mangione faces 20 total counts in federal court, Pennsylvania state court and New York state court. On Monday, he pleaded not guilty in the latter to 11 counts.

2 years ago

A Wilmington police car
Community

New study: Young Black men say they need a gun for survival in Wilmington

A recent study found young Black men in Wilmington feel they need protection to stay alive. Work is being done to provide hope.

2 years ago

Listen 1:11
police car lights flashing
Courts & Law
6abc

15-year-old dead after being shot 10 times in Philadelphia

Twenty-one shots were fired at the scene. Police say the victim was shot about 10 times.

2 years ago

A police car reads Lower Merion Police.
Community

Man killed after junk haulers looking for gun cache break into wrong home in Lower Merion

Detectives traced a vehicle one suspect drove to the scene to a Philadelphia home where they found the jewelry box, they said.

2 years ago

Luigi Nicholas Mangione
Courts & Law

Prosecutors charge suspect with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as an act of terrorism

Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the indictment could help move along procedural steps toward extraditing him.

2 years ago

exterior of the federal courthouse in Harrisburg
Courts & Law

Knife-wielding suspect shot at federal courthouse in Harrisburg, authorities say

In a statement, the U.S. Marshals Service said security officers moved to stop the man after he entered the courthouse, brandishing a knife.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel (center) joins Mayor Cherelle Parker in Dilworth Park outside City Hall to address a weekend of violence that ended with four people dead
Courts & Law

Weekend violence in Philly leaves 4 people dead, 20 others injured

Philadelphia police said they plan to increase law enforcement’s presence outside City Hall in the wake of a triple shooting in Dilworth Park.

2 years ago

Listen 1:10
A lone ice skater skates on the rink in front of City Hall
Courts & Law

14-year-old charged in shooting of 3 teens near Dilworth Park ice rink in Center City

Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said police believe there was a fight near the ice rink prior to the shooting.

2 years ago

Mangione taken out of the police car
Courts & Law

Federal ban on ghost guns unlikely, according to law enforcement expert

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on regulations on 3D-printed firearms after several states have filed lawsuits regarding their regulation.

2 years ago

Listen 1:06
Luigi Nicholas Mangione is escorted into Blair County Courthouse, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Community

Police say suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing wasn’t a client of the insurer

Investigators have uncovered evidence that Luigi Mangione had prior knowledge UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference in New York City.

2 years ago

Luigi Mangione
Community

Back trouble and brain fog bothered suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, his posts show

Social media posts from Luigi Mangione show the man suspected of killing Brian Thompson underwent successful back surgery last year that alleviated debilitating chronic pain.

2 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin's office displays a photo of a so-called Glock switch in Newark, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024,  (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Courts & Law

New Jersey, Minnesota sue Glock over switch that allows pistols to fire like machine gun

It's an early pushback by mostly Democratic-led states against President-elect Donald Trump’s 2nd administration, which Platkin said “routinely sides with the gun industry."

2 years ago

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