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The killing of Eddie Irizarry occurred on August 14, 2023, when he was shot by Philadelphia Police Department officer Mark Dial while in his vehicle. Later on August 14, Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was "driving erratically", then as "officers approached" the car, Irizarry ...
Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American murderer and serial rapist who kidnapped, tortured, and raped six women, murdering two of them, while holding them captive in a self-dug pit in his basement floor, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in July 1999 ...
Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as " The Chicken Man ", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia. He became boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the previous boss and his close friend, Angelo Bruno, was murdered by ...
Four people have been killed in a shooting in Philadelphia, police have confirmed. The ages of the three dead, all males, ranged between 20 and 59 years old, said police commissioner Danielle Outlaw.
Semi-automatic handguns. Deaths. 3 (including one of the perpetrators) Injured. 11 (including two of the perpetrators) Motive. Possible gang-related dispute. On June 4, 2022, three people were killed and eleven others were injured in a shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]
May 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM. SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - A deadly scene breaks out on the Passyunk Avenue Bridge, as a triple shooting claims the life of one 23-year-old man and injures his 10-year-old ...
Early life and education. Ira Einhorn was born in Philadelphia into a middle-class Jewish family. As a student at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his undergraduate degree in English in 1961 before returning to complete some graduate work in the discipline in 1963, he became active in ecological groups and was part of the counterculture, anti-establishment, and anti-war ...
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; [3] April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death row, he has written and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States.