A teen girl is fighting for her life after a shooting in Philadelphia.
The 17-year-old girl was on the 6100 block of Hazel Avenue Saturday night around 7:20 p.m. when a gunman opened fire.
The teen was struck at least once in the leg. She was taken to the hospital where she is currently in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
A 17-year-old girl died early Sunday morning after police say she was stabbed in a drugstore parking lot in Philadelphia.
Police were called to the Walgreens parking lot at Broad Street and Hunting Park Avenue in the Hunting Park neighborhood just before 3:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found the teenage girl suffering from several stab wounds, including at least one to her throat.
The girl was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead a short time later. The homicide was one of several on a violent night throughout Philadelphia.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing, and police did not release any information on a suspect or motive early Sunday morning. Police did not yet reveal the victim's identity.
Philadelphia homicide detectives were busy early Sunday morning after a surge of violence left several people dead across the city.
About 1 a.m., officers were called to Stella Street near Emerald in Kensington, where they found a 44-year-old man lying unconscious in a pool of blood. He had gunshot wounds to his leg, neck and chest, according to police, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:20 a.m. Detectives were investigating the homicide, and police early Sunday had not yet revealed the victim's identity, nor a suspected motive for the fatal shooting.
Shortly after, about the same time as police were called to a scene where a teenage girl was fatally stabbed in a parking lot, officers were called to Front Street near Duncannon Avenue, in Olney, where a 21-year-old man was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in a shot-up burgundy-colored Volkswagen Passat. The driver of the vehicle, also a 21-year-old man, was able to escape, but suffered gunshot wounds to the right thigh and right foot, police said. He was in stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center late Sunday morning.
Detectives examined the Volkswagen, which had shattered windows. Police have not yet released the victim's name pending notification of his family.
Both fatal shootings came on the heels of a shooting Saturday night in which a man was shot 18 times at 53rd Street near Woodland Avenue in the city's Kingsessing section. That 26-year-old man succumbed to his injuries just before 9 p.m. at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, and police have not yet released his name.
Firefighters had to rescue seven people from an early-morning fire that broke out in a shore house in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Sunday.
Authorities said the fire sparked at the house, on St. Charles Place near Corinthian Avenue -- just off the beach -- inside a first-floor sitting room in the early-morning hours.
Late Sunday morning, officials said a preliminary investigation into the fire's cause indicated that it was accidental and had been sparked by some kind of equipment that malfunctioned.
Seven people staying in the three-story duplex, including one person who is wheelchair-bound, were forced to escape the flames by going up onto a third-floor deck. When firefighters arrived, they had to use ladders to rescue the seven people from the deck. All seven victims were taken to Shore Medical Center to be treated for smoke inhalation, officials said.
Two cats that were also in the house escaped the blaze, according to officials -- one was rescued from the first floor and a second is believed to have run out an open door.
A firefighter was also taken to Shore Medical Center to be treated for a laceration on his arm caused by broken glass. He was treated and released, according to authorities.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
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PATCO trains will be operating on a new schedule starting Sunday to accommodate work being done on the tracks along the north side of the Ben Franklin Bridge.
Officials said eastbound and westbound trains will share a single set of tracks on the south side of the Ben Franklin Bridge while the work is being completed. Similar single-track service was in effect between August and October last year, PATCO officials said, and the project is expected to be completed by December, several months ahead of schedule.
"This phase of the construction has been timed to take place during the summer, when ridership is lower, with many people on vacation and schools not in session," said PATCO General Manager John Rink. "Because work will take place 24/7 between July 5 and Labor Day, we expect the project to be completed four months ahead of schedule - by the end of December 2015 instead of April 2016."
The schedule change means three gaps in service during the morning rush hour Monday through Friday, when three trains -- at 7:18 a.m., 7:56 a.m. and 8:49 a.m. -- will originate at Haddonfield, and one more train will originate at Lindenwold. Westbound service will be continuous, officials said, with trains departing from Lindenwold every few minutes between 7:52 a.m. and 8:29 a.m.
Eastbound service to Lindenwold during evening rush hour adds five trains between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., reducing the average gap time by 8 minutes, officials said. Nine trains will depart from 16th and Locust between 5 p.m. and 5:45 p.m., removing a 26-minute gap in service that existed on the Thursday-Friday evening rush schedule between 5:04 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Four eastbound trains will originate at 8th and Market for the evening rush at 4:09 p.m., 4:40 p.m., 5:13 p.m. and 6:07 p.m., according to PATCO.
New timetables reflecting the change will be available in stations this week.
Police in Allentown are investigating the killings of a man and a woman who were found dead early Sunday morning in the city.
Officers found 21-year-old Trevor Gray and 32-year-old Francine Ramos dead from gunshot wounds when they responded to 6th and Greenleaf streets about 4 a.m. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office later Sunday morning officially ruled both deaths homicides and said full autopsies would be performed on Monday.
Police are investigating the double homicide.
A 20-year-old man suffered a fatal fall off a deck near the University of Delaware early Sunday morning, Newark Police said.
Police said the victim, whose name has not been released, was socializing with friends on East Park Place near College Avenue about 5 a.m. when he fell off a back deck and struck his head. The victim was not a student at the University of Delaware, though the fall happened adjacent to the campus, police said.
The young man was taken to Christiana Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said they do not suspect foul play, but are investigating the fatal fall and asked that anyone with additional information about it contact Det. Michael Watson at 302-366-7100 ext. 3132 or email Michael.Watson@cj.state.de.us.
Officials are investigating an arson fire at a Delaware swim club on July 4th.
The fire was reported shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday at the Shellcrest Swim Club on the 900 block of Wilson Road in Wilmington. When they arrived they found equipment burning inside.
Investigators say intruders intentionally burned pool furniture around the pool deck causing an estimated $8000 in damage.
If you have any information on the arson please call the Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Officials are also asking homeowners in the immediate area to review their surveillance footage for any suspicious activity during the early morning hours of July 4th. You can also call the State Fire Marshal’s – New Castle Division at 302-323-5375.
A truck driver will face charges after police say he fell asleep at the wheel causing a crash that spilled fuel and injured three people on I-95 in Delaware County Sunday morning.
Leroy Devauly, 57, of Pomeroy, Pennsylvania was driving a tractor trailer on I-95 northbound at the off-ramp to I-476 in Ridley Township at 9:51 a.m. when he allegedly fell asleep and struck the attenuator at the off-ramp. Diesel fuel from the truck's gas tank leaked several gallons of diesel fuel on the road.
Two other cars were also involved in the crash. The drivers of both cars as well as a passenger of one of the cars all suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials say charges will be filed against Devauly.
I-95 northbound was shut down from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. while the damaged vehicles were towed and the road was cleaned. One northbound lane was later reopened.
Fire victim Teenamarie Shaw and her family of six are struggling to go on one year after a treacherous blaze ripped through the 6500 block of Gesner Street in Southwest Philadelphia, killing four small children, annihilating eight homes and damaging several others.
"I need to rebuild my life, piece by piece. I want to move back on the block. It's so not fair. My kids are unhappy," Shaw, 33, said Sunday, the one-year anniversary of the fire.
Since the fire, Shaw gained 50 pounds, acquired type 2 diabetes and is grappling with a $3,000 gas bill that has followed her.
Despite the negative developments, Shaw wants to move back and live among the "Carebears," as she affectionately calls her former Gesner Street neighbors. She says there's no place like Gesner Street anywhere.
Shaw resided at 6514 Gesner Street for four years, made a home for her family and had furnished the entire apartment with Rent-A-Center furniture just three months before the fire. Her home sat right next to where the fateful blaze started last year.
"People were screaming, crying, flying out the windows or being thrown. It was something out of a movie. All of this was like yesterday," Shaw remembered.
"I lost everything for nothing."
The only item salvageable from her home was a family photo, and two television sets were replaced as part of her Rent-A-Center insurance.
Shaw, her husband and sons escaped out the back of the house in just enough time to witness her neighbor Marie Bowah push her teenage daughters out the second floor window. Bowah's 4-year-old twin daughters, Maria and Marialla, died, as did two brothers she babysat, 4-year-old Patrick Sanyeah and 7-week-old Taj Jacque.
The American Red Cross provided Shaw with $1,300 to acquire a new apartment and $750 shortly after the fire. The family accepted clothes donations from the corner church, but Shaw went all winter long without a winter coat because there were none available in her size. The clothing donations and $2,050 did not go far.
Shaw also received beds, but they had bed bugs, so they had to be thrown away. The entire family sleeps on mattresses today in another apartment about five blocks from the site of the fire. She's on disability and her husband secured a job just a few weeks ago.
"I've been stressing all year because my stuff is in the house. I lost everything -- my wedding rings, my wedding album, my diploma, my kids' awards, baby pictures, my camera -- I'm not used to having nothing. All that stuff I built up on my own, all of its all gone," Shaw said.
While the Shaws' progress has been slow, Gesner Street remains frozen in time. The fire-damaged homes on the block are at a standstill.
In the early hours of July 5, 2014, the fire that started on the porch of 6516 Gesner spread quickly in both directions ripping through the homes ranging from 6512 to 6526. The Southwest Philadelphia and Liberian communities dealt publicly with the loss of the four small children. That sadness turned into rage because the fire station sits directly around the corner from the devastation. The Philadelphia Fire Department's response time was challenged and protests ensued.
On that fateful day, Kim Walker and Rasheeda Seward cut their vacation short in New Orleans and walked up to their homes after their early return flights from the Essence Music Festival. Seward walked slowly into 6524 Gesner Street with the aid of fire officials and retrieved family photos -- the only things that were easily salvageable. She needed assistance walking from the porch and collapsed on the ground just steps outside the home that she had nurtured for the past 10 years.
One year after the fire, not much has changed. It's shocking to see the burned homes standing, the smell and stench of soot still occupies the air. Pigeons have taken up residence in many of the charred structures. Some of the rowhomes have work-order signs on the windows, but sit burned, disheveled and unsafe.
Walker and Seward, both homeowners, rebuilt their homes side-by-side but have not become accustomed to the new normal on their partially vacant street. They say that no one on the block walks on the sidewalk in front of the 6518 Gesner Street, where the children died, that it's just too painful. A light green medium-sized onesie with a burn mark sat nearly molded into the front steps a year later.
It took Walker six months to rebuild the home, but the scars of that night remain. Her 11-year-old daughter still sleeps with her so she can help curb the nightmares.
As Shaw awaits word from her landlord to see if it's possible to move back to Gesner Street, she presently lives without natural gas due to the past due bill. For now, she's gotten used to cold showers and boiling water to bath her children as she reminisces of happier times on the block full of caring people and friendly children.
"In this one house -- it went up in a blaze of glory in the middle of the night. I definitely want them to fix it and see if I can move back," said Shaw. "I loved living here. I just loved it here."
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Officials are investigating an incident in which a police officer accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian with his police cruiser.
The Lacey Township Police officer was responding to a call and traveling in the area of Lacey Road and Deerhead Lake Road in Lacey Township, New Jersey around 3:25 a.m. Sunday.
As he was driving, 25-year-old Neil Vandeputt of Toms River, New Jersey was crossing against the traffic signal from the south side of Lacey at the Deerhead Lake Road intersection, investigators said. The officer tried to avoid hitting Vandeputt but ended up striking him with the front passenger side of the patrol vehicle, according to police.
The patrol vehicle then struck a utility pole before coming to a stop in a bank parking lot near the roadway. Vandeputt was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:47 a.m. The officer was taken to Community Medical Center where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police continue to investigate the crash.
One person was killed in a motorcycle crash in Bucks County Sunday afternoon.
The victim was riding a motorcycle on Souderton Road and Minsi Trail in Hilltown Township shortly after 2 p.m. when he collided with a car. The motorcyclist later died from his injuries. Police have not yet revealed the man’s identity.
The Bucks County Intelligencer reports the driver of the car suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.
Route 113 was shut down at the scene of the crash. Police continue to investigate.
Officials are investigating a dune fire near the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
The fire started shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday on the 1800 block of Boardwalk between Indiana and Ohio avenues. Dunes in the area burned for about an hour until firefighters brought the flames under control.
No one was injured in the blaze. Officials continue to investigate the cause.
