A 23-year-old driver from Berlin, New Jersey, and a teenage passenger died when their car drifted into oncoming traffic on a Camden County road early Thursday and struck another car head-on, police said.
Joel Hutton, of Andrea Drive, died at the scene of the crash on Williamstown Road in Sicklerville, police said. One of two passengers in the car he was driving, Janiyah Conquest, 19, of Villa Knoll Court, Sicklerville, was ejected from the car and also died at the scene, police said.
The other passenger, Jillian Farrell, also 19, of Woodland Drive, Williamstown, was taken to Cooper Hospital in Camden.
The crash occurred shortly before 7:30 a.m. when Hutton's car traveling west on Williamstown Road crossed the yellow center line and struck a car. After the initial collision, Hutton's car continued off the road and overturned, according to police.
Police did not immediately give a cause in the crash.
Three men suffered numerous gunshot wounds Wednesday night outside a house in the Juniata section of Philadelphia when a driver of a car pulled up and opened fire, police said.
The victims told police they were outside hanging Christmas lights on a house in the 4000 block of Howland Street. Shortly before 11 p.m., a driver slowly drove by them before stopping a short distance away. That's when the driver asked if any of the victims had struck his car at some point earlier, police said.
An argument ensued, according to the victims, and the driver pulled a gun. He opened fire on the victims before driving off.
A 28-year-old man suffered a bullet wound to his back, a 36-year-old man suffered a bullet wound to an arm and a 34-year-old man was struck twice in his midsection. All three were in stable condition at nearby hospitals, police said.
A large, inflatable snowman could be seen shortly after the shooting at the scene. A bright light display accompanied the outdoor Christmas ornament.
The gunman is described as a black man in his 20s, with a light complexion, who wore a light gray knitted cap. he was accompanied by another black man in his 20s, with a darker complexion and shoulder-length hair, possibly dreadlocks.
They were driving a dark gray Impala with tinted windows.
A two-year-old boy was in critical condition on Thanksgiving afternoon after a playmate accidentally shot him in the stomach, police said.
The child was only identified initially as an Hispanic male. He was found on the first floor of a row house in the 3500 block of North Ninth Street, police said.
Police initially described the boy's wound as "self-inflicted," but a supervisor on the scene later said another child, a four-year-old cousin, shot the boy. The two-year-old's mother and her boyfriend were home at the time of the shooting about 4:30 p.m., Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
"So this child, being just 2 years of age, being struck with first of all any bullet, but with a large caliber like a .40-caliber bullet at close range, is devastating," Small said.
A weapon was recovered at the house and no arrests were immediately made, police said.
The boy went to Temple University Hospital, transported by police, and initially listed in critical condition.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details as they become known.
Numerous shell casings littered the ground in the pre-dawn hours of Black Friday.
Nearby lay a baseball cap and a Macy's bag. A bullet hole could be seen in a sport utility vehicle parked all alone in the parking lot of the Hamilton Mall in Atlantic County, New Jersey, the scene of overnight gunfire.
Two brothers were shot, authorities said about eight hours after the 1 a.m. shooting. Demond Cottman, a 21-year-old from Atlantic City, died from multiple gunshot wounds. Shadi Cottman, 26, of Clayton, New Jersey, was in stable condition at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to a leg.
Neither were identified initially by name.
Police did not release a motive in the shooting or how many others were involved. Officers arrived at the mall parking lot following a 9-1-1 call of a shooting.
More than 20 police evidence markers littered the parking lot of the closed mall, which did open as scheduled at 6 a.m. The shooting took place outside the Macy's store at the mall on Black Horse Pike.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details as they become known.
Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, one of the next holidays brings many to local farms and pop-up villages for a symbol of winter: the Christmas tree.
Here's a list of some of the many places to go for one in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Chester County
Schmidt’s Christmas Tree Farm
1741 Flint Hill Road Landenberg, PA 19350
(610) 274-8120
Montgomery County
Maple Acres Farm
2656 Narcissa Road Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
(610) 828-7395
Delaware County
Linvilla Orchards
137 West Knowlton Road Media, PA 19063
(610)876-7166
Bucks County
Shady Brook Farm
931 Stony Hill Road Morrisville, PA 19067
(215) 968-1670
Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Area
Walt’s Christmas Trees
8956 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia
Urban Jungle
1526 E Passyunk Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Dollar Tree
1520 Chestnut Street
Rittenhouse & Penn Center Philly
All Occasions Flowers Ltd
1002 South Street
Washington Square Philly
Pretty Photo & Graphics
613 South Street
Society Hill Philadelphia
Christmas Village
LOVE Park at 1500 Arch St
Philadelphia across City Hall
Link for layout at Village
Kindy’s Factory Outlet
2900 South 20th Street
Philadelphia
Greensgrow Farm
2501 E Cumberland St
Fistown Philadelphia, PA 19125
Nana Petrillo’s
Northern Liberties Philly
