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  2. Philadelphia fire kills at least 12, including 8 children - AOL

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    A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two people to hospitals, fire officials said. Officials said at a news conference later in ...

  3. Gunshots and then a fire at a suburban Philadelphia home ...

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    Officers responded to the house in East Lansdowne around 3:45 p.m. after a 911 call reporting that an 11-year-old girl had been shot, Stollsteimer said. They immediately came under fire.

  4. 2024 East Lansdowne shooting - Wikipedia

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    2024 East Lansdowne shooting. On February 7, 2024, two police officers were shot while responding to reports about a shooting in a home in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Six more people inside the house, including a shooter, were killed shortly after. The gunman reportedly shot five people, all members of the Le family, before committing suicide.

  5. 2022 Philadelphia apartment fire - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of January 5, 2022, a fire tore through a row house converted into apartments in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twelve people died, nine of them children, [2] and two others were injured. Five additional people escaped from the first floor unit with minor injuries. [1] [3] [4] The fire happened just ...

  6. Investigators focus on suspect in Philadelphia area fire and ...

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    Authorities suspect that family members who died in a fire outside Philadelphia were killed by a relative who also shot and wounded two police officers, a prosecutor said Friday. Delaware County ...

  7. 1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia

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    The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, [2] was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a ...

  8. 4 victims from the same family died from gunfire in the ... - AOL

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    Four of the five family members who died in a chaotic shooting-turned-house fire just outside Philadelphia earlier this month died by gunshot, the Delaware County District Attorney announced ...

  9. John Africa - Wikipedia

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    John Africa (July 26, 1931 – May 13, 1985), born Vincent Leaphart, was the founder of MOVE, a Philadelphia -based, predominantly black organization active from the early 1970s and still active. He and his followers were killed at a residential home, which served as the headquarters of MOVE, in a fire after the Philadelphia Police Department ...