Philadelphia police are investigating the deadly shooting of a man late Friday night.
The shooting happened about 10 p.m. in the 5300 block of Pentridge Street in the city’s Kingsessing section.
The victim, a 23-year-old male, was taken by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he later died.
The victim’s identity was not immediately known.
A motive in the deadly shooting remains under investigation.
A driver was not injured after a car went into the Schuylkill River early Saturday morning.
About 12:10 a.m., the car, with the driver still inside, inexplicably plunged into the Schuylkill River on Martin Luther King Drive near Spring Garden Street.
After the car went into the water, the driver was able to get out on his own and was not hurt.
A tow truck company was called to the scene and it took three trucks to pull the car out of the river.
It was not immediately known what caused the car to end up in the river in the first place.
A South Jersey man was taken into custody after investigators say he fired shots at officers who responded to calls for his alleged erratic behavior.
About 10:30 p.m. Friday, officers with the Pemberton Township Police Department were called to Berl Road in Browns Mills for the report of a disturbance.
When officers arrived, they were told by neighbors that 42-year-old Eric Bittner was yelling and knocking on their doors.
Officers went to Bittner’s home and when they identified themselves, investigators say Bittner shouted and threatened to shoot the officers.
Police say Bittner then fired two shots from a shotgun in the direction of the officers.
The officers maintained a perimeter until additional officers arrived.
Bittner eventually surrendered without further incident and was taken into custody.
The officers were not injured.
Charges against Bittner are pending.
Four people were injured in a crash that overturned a SEPTA vehicle that is used to transport individuals with disabilities and senior citizens.
The crash happened early Saturday morning on Lansdowne Avenue and 60th Street in the Overbrook section.
The crash involved a SEPTA CCT paratransit bus, which is used to transport senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, and a SUV.
The SEPTA vehicle overturned on its side, while the SUV suffered front-end damage.
Investigators said four individuals were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The injured were the bus driver and three passengers.
The crash remains under investigation.
Customers in a New Jersey town are without power after a teenage driver, who police say was driving under the influence, crashed his car and struck a utility pole.
The crash happened about 7:10 a.m. Saturday on Whitesville Road in Toms River.
The Toms River Police Department says 18-year-old Andre Alexander lost control of his SUV and struck a utility pole.
The utility pole was heavily damaged, which caused extensive damage to the power grid transformers and resulted in a power surge and electric outages.
Work crews are on the scene making repairs. There is no estimated time on when the power will be restored or how many Jersey Central Power & Light customers are impacted.
Alexander, who was not injured, has been charged with Driving Under the Influence, as well as Reckless Driving. Additional charges were filed as a result of the DWI while being under the legal drinking age.
Temporary detours are in place prohibiting traffic in both directions of Whitesville Road between Sunset Avenue and Stevens Road. Motorists should use Route 9 to avoid travel delays.
An elderly woman was critically injured in a house fire in North Philadelphia Saturday morning.
The fire broke out inside a home in the 2900 block of W. Susquehanna Avenue.
Fire officials say the fire started in a second floor front bedroom.
A 65-year-old female was removed from the home and rushed to Temple University Hospital where she is listed in critical condition.
The female’s identity was not immediately known.
The cause remains under investigation.
Motorists are seeing slightly lower prices at the pumps in New Jersey.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state on Friday was $2.57, down 2 cents from last week. That's also much lower than the price from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.52.
This marks the fourth straight week that pump prices have fallen in New Jersey.
The national average price on Friday was $2.76, the same price as last week. That's also much lower than the national average from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.59.
Analysts say it's not clear if pump prices will rise or fall in the coming weeks, noting that demand often increases in the summer months.
With Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia almost two months away, two of the biggest transportation agencies in the area will begin selling their respective passes and tickets for regional rail travel during the Papal Visit.
Starting at 8:00 a.m. Monday, July 20, PATCO will be selling FREEDOM cards for non-stop service westbound to Center City Philadelphia on September 26-27 between each of the following four New Jersey stations and 9/10th & Locust Street station:
Following promptly at 9:00 a.m., SEPTA will be releasing the one-day regional rail passes through a new e-commerce website for the Papal Visit.
In addition, Amtrak trains will require reservations for the weekend of the Papal Visit and visitors are encouraged to book their tickets now, which are currently available on the Amtrak website.
New Jersey State Police are asking for the public's help in locating an 8-year-old boy who they suspect was abducted by his biological parents from his legal guardian.
Everett Streko, described as being four feet tall and about 60 pounds, was last seen by his grandmother, who is his legal guardian, on Thursday night at her home in Green Brook Township, police said.
The grandmother noticed Friday morning that the boy, her daughter-in-law, Amy Streko, who also lived in the home, and all of the child's personal belongings were missing.
Michael Streko, 24, the boy's father, also had vacated his Neptune City residence, police said. He is known to operate a 1997 white-and-blue Winnebago, investigators said.
The couple have violated a court order and are wanted for child interference, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.
Anyone with information about the missing boy and his parents are asked to contact prosecutors or call the county's Crime Stoppers' Ti Line at 1-888-577-TIPS.
Police arrested a man accused of shooting a woman who was driving in North Philadelphia.
Robert Palmer, 23, was arrested Friday and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other related offenses.
On Thursday around 11 p.m. a 32-year-old woman was driving on 17th and Diamond Streets when a stray bullet entered her vehicle, narrowly missing her two passengers, and struck her in the lower back. She was taken to Temple University Hospital where she underwent surgery and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police identified Palmer as the shooter and found him Friday around 3:50 p.m. standing on the 1600 block of West Susquehanna Avenue. He was taken into custody without incident.
Loved ones celebrated the life of a young boy who drowned at a Cumberland County park last weekend.
A candlelight vigil was held for 4-year-old Eli Chaney Saturday at 7 p.m. at Waltman Park in Millville, New Jersey. During the vigil, friends and family showed support for the boy’s mother and also raised awareness on the potential dangers at Waltman Park and the Maurice River that runs through it.
Eli was with his family on July 11 around 7 p.m. at Waltman Park in Millville, New Jersey. NJ.com reports his mother was attending to her infant while Eli and his 8-year-old brother were playing. That's when Eli went missing. Nicole, a former lifeguard from Downingtown, told NBC10 she had spotted the boy walking to an area near the Maurice River where other people were fishing earlier.
"I saw him walk up there and I had assumed somebody was over there fishing with him or I wouldn't have let him go," she said. "I had assumed someone else was watching him."
Nicole said she then spotted Eli's mother searching for him. The two women as well as Eli's brother then spotted the boy in the water.
"It was at least ten minutes that he was out of everyone's sight," she said.
A passerby pulled Eli out of the water. After calling 911, Nicole and the other man began performing CPR on the boy but to no avail.
"He was unresponsive and there was no pulse," she said.
Nicole then went to comfort the boy's mother as two other men performed CPR on him and officials arrived. Eli was taken to Inspira Medical Center Vineland where he was later pronounced dead. Police are currently investigating the death.
“Obviously there are some things that we’re going to have to look at,” said Millville Police Captain Jody Farabella. “If there was any parent neglect or anything like that.”
Swimming is not permitted along the stretch of the Maurice River that goes through Millville. In 2009 a 15-year-old boy died when he fell in the river while trying to grab his fishing pole.
“There is fishing there,” Captain Farabella said. “You can do that. But there is no active swimming on this river. There’s danger. There are no lifeguards. There’s nobody actually watching them to swim. So that’s not a designated area.”
A person of interest is in custody in connection to the murder of a Drexel University graduate.
A handyman who had access to the victim's home was questioned by police as they continue to investigate the death of 27-year-old Jasmine Wright, sources said.
A property manager found Wright dead in her third-floor apartment on 50th Street near Locust shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. He alerted police, and medics pronounced the young woman dead about 3:30 p.m. Wright's family had contacted the property manager to check on her when they became worried about her.
A key detail in the early investigation into Wright's death emerged as investigators combed her home for evidence: There were no signs of forced entry into her apartment, and the place was not ransacked.
Wright's death left her neighbors in West Philadelphia, who said she was a well-liked young professional, stunned.
"It's hurt me just to know that it's right next door," neighbor Keith Hooks told NBC10. "And to happen to that person who didn't bother a soul."
Detectives held the woman's apartment as a crime scene Friday and towed her car to collect DNA samples and any other evidence.
Police are currently interviewing a maintenance worker who knew Wright and had access to her apartment building. While they say he is a person of interest he is not a suspect in the murder. The worker's brother Harry Harris told NBC10 he was also taken in for questioning Friday night.
"They said, 'Could ya'll take a ride downtown with us for a statement? We said 'sure,'" Harris said.
While Harris is back home his brother is still being interviewed. Harris told NBC10 his brother quit his job two weeks ago however.
"My brother stopped working the first of July," he said. "He gave back the keys and everything else."
Police continue to investigate.
Family and friends gathered in the Germantown section of the city Saturday to protest the arrest of a Philadelphia man.
The Philadelphia Police Department opened an internal affairs investigation into the April arrest of 22-year-old Tyree Carroll after video surfaced showing mostly white officers repeatedly punching and kicking the black suspect.
Around three dozen protesters, including Carroll’s grandmother Nancy Carroll, marched from Locust Avenue near McMahon Street, the location of Carroll’s arrest, to the 14th District Precinct on Haines Street near Germantown Avenue Saturday. The protesters called for the firing of the officers involved in Carroll’s arrest.
"Nobody has the right to beat other people's children," Nancy Carroll told NBC10. "They're not theirs. If he's doing something wrong or they're doing something wrong stop them. Don't just beat them like they're dogs."
Police launched an inquiry into Carroll’s arrest earlier this month after a political commentator who chronicles police conduct posted the video to YouTube. It has been viewed over 177,000 times.
The department said it is working to gather facts and identify all officers shown in the five-minute clip. So far, none has been reassigned or taken off the street, a police spokesman said.
Lawyer Berto Elmore, who agreed to represent Carroll after a friend sent him the video, said he was frightened and upset by the officers' conduct.
"Arrest somebody. You don't have to beat him like that. You don't have to keep punching and punching and punching," Elmore told The Associated Press. "I'm at a loss. These guys get handcuffed and still get beat."
Mayor Michael Nutter said he had not yet viewed the video. He said any complaint about officer conduct "will be taken very, very seriously."
The Philadelphia District Attorney's office said it normally does not enter a police conduct case until internal affairs completes its investigation. Occasionally, spokesman Cameron Kline said, internal affairs may ask prosecutors to empanel a grand jury or provide other assistance.
The video of Carroll's arrest has reignited criticism of the Philadelphia police Department, which has had more than 400 officer-involved shootings since 2007. They include one last December in which the department changed its original story that the man killed was reaching into his car for a gun.
The police department said that preliminary information about Carroll's arrest showed he had fought with plainclothes officers who stopped him just before midnight on April 3 for a suspected drug violation.
Police said he had crack cocaine — less than a quarter-once — in his possession at the time.
"These are all allegations that always come up," Elmore said. "Like that has something to do with being beaten. What relevance does that have to police behavior?"
Carroll bit one officer in the thigh, hand and arm and another on the forearm, police said. They were treated at a hospital for bleeding bite wounds and released, police said.
Several more waves of officers arrived — about two-dozen in all, according to the video. Some are shown striking Carroll with their hands and feet and cursing at him. He is heard yelling for his grandmother. At one point, an officer is heard saying, "Here comes the Taser," but police said Thursday there was no indication one was used.
"Since when does it take that many police officers for one young man? He's not packing. He's unarmed. He's not running. He's lying on the ground saying, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry,'" Jasmyne Cannick, the Los Angeles-based political commentator who posted the video, said. "It was like some kind of team sport was taking place in that video, and Tyree Carroll was the ball."
Cannick said Carroll's family sent her the video.
Police said that officers completed use-of-force reports at the time of Carroll's arrest "indicating the strikes and control holds" they used. Despite that, Cannick said, the department appeared to take no action until the video appeared online.
"It's videos like this that give all cops a bad rap," she said.
After Carroll was subdued and placed in a police vehicle, police said he intentionally banged his head against the protective shield. He was treated at a hospital for unspecified injuries and released into police custody.
A judge last month ordered Carroll to stand trial on charges stemming from the arrest, including drug possession, aggravated assault and resisting arrest. He remains jailed, court records show.
Elmore said Carroll still is in pain.
"It's frightening for an African-American male because at any time we can be that individual getting beat," he said. "It doesn't matter if you're a doctor, a lawyer or Barney the bum."
Two people were hurt and a man is facing charges after a tanker truck struck a vehicle on I-95 in Delaware Saturday.
Police say 40-year-old Chester Stallings of Wilmington was driving a 2006 Peterbilt 999 Sanitation tanker truck on I-95 northbound at the split with I-295 south of the Newport Exit SR 141 at 5:18 p.m. The truck was directly behind a 2010 Subaru Legacy. Police say Stallings looked down at his GPS device and then struck the back of the Subaru. The Subaru continued in a northeast direction and then stopped in the center median.
The tanker truck swerved left in a northwest direction before striking a guardrail. It then continued through the guardrail and overturned. Stallings had to be extricated out of the truck and was then taken to Christiana Hospital where he was treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He was charged with inattentive driving, driving suspended, following too closely and no proof of insurance. He also received additional charges for being wanted for failure to pay for previous traffic charges, police said.
The driver of the Subaru was not hurt in the crash though his passenger, a 59-year-old woman, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The northbound left lanes of I-95 at the split with I-295 were closed for approximately 3.5 hours as crews cleaned up the sanitation spill and pumped out the tanker truck's fuel tank as a precaution. Officials continue to investigate the crash.
