Friends and family gathered in West Kensington Tuesday night to honor a Philadelphia man who police say was shot and killed by a gunman who was caught on video carrying a rifle in the middle of the street.
A vigil was held around 7 p.m. for 46-year-old Jose Perez on E Street and Allegheny Avenue, the same area where he was shot and killed over the weekend.
On Saturday around 2:30 p.m. an unidentified man walked into a barbershop on the 600 block of East Westmoreland Streets, police said. A witness told NBC10 the man was carrying a large box. The man sat down as if he was going to get a haircut but pulled out a rifle from the box minutes later, according to the witness. The man then allegedly started an argument, ran outside the barbershop chasing a 33-year-old man and opened fire.
A surveillance video obtained by NBC10 showed the gunman running on E Street just north of Allegheny Avenue with the rifle in his hand. Perez, the 33-year-old man and a 59-year-old man were all struck in the shooting.
Perez was shot in the chest, the 59-year-old man in the left arm and chest and the 33-year-old man in the back. Perez was pronounced dead a short time later The 59-year-old man is in critical condition while the 33-year-old was treated and released from the hospital.
Friends and family say Perez was fixing his car at the time of the shooting. Police believe both Perez and the 59-year-old man were innocent bystanders and the 33-year-old man was the gunman’s intended target. Friends and family also say Perez was fixing his car at the time of the shooting.
No arrests have been made. Police continue to investigate.
Three people were injured after a gunman sprayed a Philadelphia neighborhood with bullets early Wednesday morning.
The shooting happened about 1 a.m. in the 5500 block of Crowson Street in the East Germantown neighborhood.
Police say a gunman opened fired and struck three people -- two men and a woman.
An 18-year-old female was shot in the leg and foot; a 26-year-old man was shot twice in the back and a 28-year-old man was shot in the stomach.
All three were taken to a nearby hospital where they are listed in stable condition.
Investigators say 25 shell casings were found at the scene.
So far, no arrests have been made.
A motive in the shooting remains under investigation.
A barrage of bullets in a Philadelphia neighborhood sent two men to the hospital and narrowly missed a pregnant woman.
The shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of S. 30th Street in the city’s Grays Ferry neighborhood.
According to investigators, a 22-year-old male and a 20-year-old male were sitting on the front porch when a gunman approached and opened fire.
The 22-year-old male was shot once in each leg. The 20-year-old male was struck in the foot and lower back.
The males were taken from the scene by a private vehicle to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in stable condition.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said a 29-year-old female, who is six months pregnant, was standing near the front door when the gunfire rang out. A bullet missed her by about three feet, but she was not injured, Small said.
Small said at least 24 shots were fired.
Investigators are currently reviewing surveillance video as part of the investigation.
A beauty queen from Pennsylvania is being stripped of her crown after she was accused of lying about having leukemia to benefit from fundraisers.
Brandi Weaver-Gates has been the reigning Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International pageant winner.
Online court records show the 23-year-old, of State College, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of theft by deception and receiving stolen property.
Investigators in Centre County said events were set up to raise money for her medical bills. Police said Weaver-Gates took the money even though she didn’t have cancer.
State police said an April bingo benefit raised $14,000.
Police said Weaver-Gates went as far as shaving her head. In addition, police said she had family members drive her to a hospital, where she would wait, and then return hours later to appear as though she got treatment.
In a statement on its Facebook page, Butler’s Beauties, the pageant organizer, said in part, "Effectively immediately, Ms. Weaver-Gates is no longer a representative of the Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International organization and will be required to return her crown and sash upon her release from being detained."
Troopers are asking the public to come forward if they have donated money to Weaver-Gates.
Records don't list an attorney for Weaver-Gates, who faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 19.
A man who burglarized a grocery store in Philadelphia apparently needed to take care of a personal hygiene issue.
On August 6, about 5 a.m., the man broke into the Torres Grocery store on Cecil B. Moore Avenue in the city’s Brewerytown section.
Once inside, the man made an unsuccessful attempt to break open an ATM.
The suspect then decided to cut his losses and grab whatever he could, including something to resolve his apparent hygiene problem.
He grabbed cigarettes and deodorant worth $600 and ran out of the store.
The suspect, who is presumably fresh-smelling, is wanted by police.
Emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly crash in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
The scene overhead from SkyForce10 showed a pick up truck with severe damage as well as a minivan suffering front end damage and an SUV in woods off the roadway.
Police said at least one person was killed in the crash and other injuries were also reported.
The crash happened along Route 347 in Dorchester after 11 a.m.
the road in this area was shut down as police worked to clear the scene and investigate the crash.
A Pennsylvania mom has been catapulted into the forefront of the breastfeeding conversation after she posted what some are calling a controversial photo on an online group.
Jessica Anne Colletti, of Bala Cynwyd, posted a photo of herself in a public group on Facebook called “Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!”
The photo shows Colletti breastfeeding her 16-month-old son and her friend’s 18-month-old son at the same time.
In an article posted on People.com, Colletti told the magazine “people are misinformed” about breastfeeding.
Colletti posted the photo in the Facebook group as a way to mark “World Breastfeeding Week,” which was from Aug. 1 to 8.
The group where Colletti posted the photo is pro-breastfeeding with a goal of convincing Facebook to allow breastfeeding photos and not classify them as obscene.
In her original Facebook post, Colletti said she watches her friend’s son while she works and she has been breastfeeding her son and her friend's son for a year.
“So much love between these milk siblings, it's a special bond between us all,” Colletti wrote.
Police have made an arrest in the fatal stabbing of a Mayfair man who neighbors said was attacked after shouting to warn a wrong-way driver early Saturday morning.
Thomas Ewing, 21, was on Revere Street near Cottman Avenue shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday when a car traveled the wrong way down the one-way street. Bystanders said Ewing, whose Facebook profile says he attended the Community College of Philadelphia and was studying criminal justice, shouted to warn the wrong-way driver. At that point, the car allegedly stopped and a passenger jumped out and stabbed Ewing in the chest and torso before getting back in the car and taking off. Ewing died less than an hour later at Aria Health's Torresdale hospital.
Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of 39-year-old Angel Maldonado, of Claridge Street near Pike, in Juniata, for Ewing's murder. Maldonado was arrested Tuesday, police said, and is charged with murder and related offenses.
The focus of high school football in Sayreville, New Jersey, turns back to the gridiron next week, nearly a year after a locker room hazing scandal forced school officials to cancel the season and reassign the program's longtime head coach.
The Sayreville War Memorial High School bombers are set to have their first official practice Monday under new head coach Chris Beagan. They've been in weight training since July.
"We want to help the kids become champions in the game of life," Beagan told NBC 4 New York Wednesday.
Beagan, a Sayreville alumnus, takes over after the scandal last fall prematurely ended the 2015 season and shined national spotlight on the Middlesex County town.
Prosecutors at the time said that some of the hazing incidents in September amounted to sexual assaults, and the New York Times later reported on witness' accounts, describing attacks where older players punched, kicked and groped younger teammates.
Seven players were charged with crimes after news of the hazing surfaced; two were found not guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated sexual contact, aggravated sexual contact and aggravated assault on Friday. Two other players saw their charges downgraded this week.
Winning head coach George Najjar was stripped of his title and reassigned as a physical education position at a local elementary school and several other coaches were also suspended.
It wasn't clear at first if football would ever come back to Sayreville, but district Superintendent Richard Labbe announced the team would return fo the 2015 season earlier this year and named Beagan the team's new head coach.
Beagan said the 2015 team will be a new one, with clear guidelines for players and constant supervision.
Many players never knew what happened last season; all suffered when the season was canceled. But they hung together.
"We bonded a lot through weight lifting in the school after the season ended," said senior fullback James Lopez, 16.
Other players, meanwhile, are looking forward to taking the field again on Sept. 11, when the Bombers will play J.P. Stevens High School in the team's first game in more than 11 months.
"People, they know what's going on and everyone still loves football and I don't think that will ever die in Sayreville," said senior linebacker Tyler Lewis.
The tour bus driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Center City told police he was unaware he had struck anyone, according to investigators.
Police spoke with the 66-year-old driver who struck and killed 46-year-old Joseph Heard Tuesday morning.
Heard was in the crosswalk near the intersection of Franklin and Race Streets around 9:45 a.m. when he was struck by the large white Yep Tour Inc. tour bus and dragged approximately 50 feet. Police say 19 passengers were on board at the time.
Heard was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Police say they found headphones at the scene of the crash though they're unsure if they belonged to Heard.
After striking Heard, the driver of the bus left the scene and kept going northbound on Franklin Street and traveled to Washington, DC. The driver later returned to a bus yard on the 2400 block of Swanson Street in South Philadelphia around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday.
During an interview with investigators, the driver claimed he had no idea he had struck someone and that the 19 passengers didn't know either since there are few windows on the bus. Police say the driver has a valid Driver's License and Commercial Driver's License. They also say he had a 2012 violation for Failure to Yield but paid the fine.
Police have not yet determined whether or not they will file any charges.
Yep Tour Inc. President Jeremy Walker told NBC10 the company is cooperating with the investigation but won't comment any further until the investigation is complete. Yep Tour Inc. was already under scrutiny last June after a driver for the company was caught on video texting while driving.
Singer Janelle Monae and hip hop star Jidenna marched through North Philadelphia Wednesday bringing awareness to police brutality and the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
The singers and about 150 protesters gathered near Broad and Susquehanna and marched towards the Uptown Theater on North Broad Street.
During the peaceful rally the protesters spoke out against police brutality and injustice. Organizers of the rally told NBC10 they wanted to spread the message of “black joy.”
“In the wake of police brutality and numerous other things we wanted to make sure that the world knew that black joy is still important and it’s relevant,” said Melanie McCoy, one of the organizers. “Just as important as black rage is, black joy is equally as important. We feel like we can use both.”
Both Monae and Jidenna spoke at the rally.
Monae is a Grammy-nominated R&B, soul and alternative singer whose albums “The ArchAndroid” and “The Electric Lady” have garnered widespread critical acclaim. Jidenna is a hip hop artist signed to Monae’s label Wondaland Records. He is best known for his hit song “Classic Man” which has peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Emergency crews are responding to a water main break in Flourtown, Montgomery County.
The break caused water to flow on the roadway on Flourtown Road near Joshua Road Wednesday afternoon. Water department crews are responding to the scene to shut down the leak.
This story is developing. Check back for updates.
