Police are searching for a man wanted in a string of robberies in December and January, including a gunpoint holdup of Holme Circle's Circle Pharmacy, on Holme Avenue near Winchester, Jan. 25.
Cops on Monday released surveillance video of that robbery, during which police said the suspect demanded various medications before fleeing on foot at 6:54 p.m.
Police described the suspect as a thin white or Hispanic man between 5 feet 8 and 5 feet 11 who wore a brown hooded sweatshirt, dark blue jeans, black gloves and a white cloth over his face.
The man is also wanted in several other robberies that occurred between Dec. 10 and Jan. 25.
A 24-year-old man was shot to death in broad daylight on an Overbrook street Monday afternoon.
Police said the man was outside at 55th and Hunter streets at 1:41 p.m. when he was shot twice in the chest. He was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania by medics, where he was pronounced dead at 2:07 p.m.
Police described the suspect as a thin black man, 5 feet 7 inches tall with a goatee. He wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, black Nike sneakers and a black hat and was armed with a silver revolver.
Police had not made any arrests in the incident as of Monday night.
A 53-year-old man was robbed and stabbed in West Philadelphia Monday night.
The man was near 46th and Walnut streets just after 9 p.m. when he was approached by an unknown suspect who stabbed him in the back four times and stole his wallet, police said. The man was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and listed in stable condition as of 9:45 p.m.
Police have not made any arrests in the incident.
Police on Monday announced the arrest of the second suspect wanted in connection with several gunpoint robberies in North Philadelphia.
Timothy Ballard, 33, of Erie Avenue near 9th Street, surrendered to police on Wednesday. The other suspect, Kevin Wilson, 27, of Franklin Street near Butler, surrendered on Dec. 5.
After receiving several anonymous tips, police identified the pair as suspects in the November robberies, including those of at least four of Temple University students near the school’s main campus.
Both men face charges of robbery and related offenses.
Two men were shot while sitting in a car in Hartranft Sunday night, police said.
The men, who a sergeant in the East Detective Division said are in their 20s, were both wounded by the same bullet near 7th and Cumberland streets. One man was hit in the nose, and the other in the wrist, police said.
The men were taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition and were expected to be treated and released.
Police were unsure of what motivated the shooting and had not made any arrests as of 10:45 p.m. Sunday.
Police arrested Jamal Glover, 23 of North Philadelphia, for allegedly shooting a 19-year-old man to death on Cambria Street near Stiles in late May.
An argument on May 23 escalated to gunfire, and Glover, of Stillman Street near Somerset, shot Britten multiple times throughout his body, police said.
Britten, of Silver Street near 25th, was taken to Temple University Hospital and was pronounced dead around 5:30 p.m.
Police could not provide information on what the two men were arguing over before the shooting.
Glover was arrested Wednesday, and is being held without bail in the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. His arrest photo was not available Friday night.
He is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 15.
Tania Boozer, a 37-year-old woman from Oxford Circle, was arrested Thursday on murder charges in connection with the 2009 shooting death of her husband, James Hayward, police said.
Officers responding to Oxford Avenue near Benner Street in Crescentville found Hayward lying in the doorway of a building, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on July 14 2009.
He was taken to the Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Details on the investigation, and Boozer's arrest photo, were not immediately available.
Boozer is being held without bail in the Bucks County Prison on charges of murder, criminal conspiracy and additional offenses, according to court documents.
Boozer, of McKinely Street near Loretto Avenue, is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 22.
She was arrested in July of 2004 for burglary, criminal conspiracy and assault. However, the charges were dropped six months later according to court documents.
Police investigating a reported sexual assault in Center City identified a person of interest, but had not made an arrest or filed charges as of Friday evening, said Officer Tanya Little, a police spokeswoman.
A 21-year-old woman told police in the Special Victims Unit that she went behind the G Lounge on 17th Street near Chestnut around 1 a.m. Friday morning to meet members of the band that performed at the nightclub.
She helped the band load their gear into a van and they drove off, police said.
The woman said she tried going back inside the club, but was locked out. The woman told police that an unidentified man approached and offered to help her, Little said.
The man and woman walked to another entrance to the club, and he allegedly pulled her by her hair to an area between two dumpsters in an alley and sexually assaulted her.
Police in the Special Victims Unit Friday evening could not provide details on the progress of their investigation.
Police are searching for Dynek Abdur-Rahman, 18, of North Philadelphia, in connection with a double shooting in Nicetown that left a woman and her daughter hospitalized on Jan. 29.
Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, shots were fired in a house on Rowan Street near Germantown Avenue, wounding a 34-year-old woman twice in her back and a 13-year-old girl twice in her right leg.
The woman was critically injured, and the teen was listed in stable condition at Temple University Hospital.
Police did not disclose the man’s motive.
Police said Abdur-Rahman lives on 27th Street near Norris, and tipsters with information on him are asked to call 215-686-TIPS (8477) or the Northwest Detective Division at 215-686-3353.
Tipsters may also reach the police department online.
A 31-year-old man was shot in his face, head and shoulder as he got out of his car on Etting Street near Berks Thursday night and was hospitalized in extremely critical condition, police said.
Shots rang out on the North Philadelphia street just before 11 p.m., and police were unsure of the shooter’s motive early Friday morning.
There were no shell casings on the scene, and a witness was taken to speak with police in the Central Detective Division, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
A description of the suspect was not immediately available.
No arrests were made.
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