Just before 11:30 p.m., police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in the 2400 block of Morris Street in South Philadelphia, police said.He was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later, according to Officer Beth DiDonato. Terence Foman, 29, lived in the 6200 block of Pine Street in the Cobbs Creek section of the city. Police are looking for motives and suspects in the case, which is the city’s 204th homicide this year, DiDonato said. (Although 206 cases were initially reported as murders, two were later ruled to have occurred in self-defense.) [via the INQUIRER]

“In today’s policing environment, Johnson made a mistake. He hung around too long. You can’t do that anymore. “What went wrong?” asked Gibbons. “Loyalty.” Johnson, Gibbons said, is too loyal to Mayor Street, who insiders say keeps Johnson as a buffer between his two-term administration and negative publicity over crime. Those closest to Johnson hold several more theories: “He creates a lot of controversy,” said C.B. Kimmins, an anti-drug activist and Johnson friend. “It is not for something he is doing. It is for something he is not doing. He is not demonstrative. He is not bravado. People say, ‘He […]

Two homicides overnight brought the city’s total to 197.The first deadly shooting happened Sunday night … in Overbrook near 63rd Street and Columbia Avenue in West Philadelphia. Numerous gunshots rang out around 8pm. Two young men, ages 18 and 19, suffered multiple gunshot wounds. One victim was pronounced dead at the scene of a head wound. The second victim was in extremely critical condition on life support at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, battling for his life. Police had no suspects in connection with the double shooting as of 8am Monday. … The second fatal shooting occurred around […]

[Click to activate] Thursday’s six slayings — three young men gunned down in North Philadelphia in the early hours; two people killed, one critically wounded, in Kensington in the afternoon; and an unidentified man shot to death about 10:30 p.m. in Southwest Philadelphia’s Kingsessing neighborhood – pushed the year’s homicide total to 195, compared with 177 at the same time last year, police said. [via THE INQUIRER]

BY PETER MUCHA INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Two murders in the city yesterday were followed by even more carnage — a triple slaying in North Philadelphia this morning, according to police. The five gun deaths raise the year’s homicide total to 192, up from 177 as of this date last year, police said. Today’s shootings happened outside at about 2:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Sixth Street, near the intersection with Oxford Street. One of the victims, Bruce Burman, 23, lived on that block. The other two have been identified as Sean White, 19, of 1400 North Marshall Street, and […]

What nobody mentioned is that stop-and-frisk — in which police stop people suspected of criminal activity and pat them down for illegal weapons — is already used by police in Philadelphia. “The idea of giving officers training to recognize [illegal] guns? That’s already in place,” said Lt. Fran Healy, a lawyer for the Police Department. Last year, Philly cops stopped 132,765 pedestrians, according to department data. Some of those stops would have involved a pat-down or an arrest. A rough analysis shows that Philadelphia averaged nine stops per 100 residents last year. New York City averaged six stops per 100, […]

It’s true, says Christopher Pearo. When you think you’re about to die, your life really does flash before your eyes. Pearo, 36, a newspaper-delivery driver for the Daily News and Inquirer, had just been robbed of $15 by two assailants and shot in the neck as he deposited papers yesterday in a locked drop-box at a deli at 64th Street and Buist Avenue, Southwest Philadelphia. DAILY NEWS: Stand And Deliver! RELATED: A 27-year-old man, who police said was one of the group, was beaten to death sometime early yesterday and left for someone else to find. Police found his body […]

A 22-year-old man died this morning after being shot in the stomach in North Philadelphia. Police have also released the name of man fatally shot on Saturday. Today’s shooting took place shortly before 12:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of Huntington Street, Officer Beth DiDonato said. The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:03 a.m., she said. The shooting raises the city’s homicide total for the year to 185. On Saturday, Pablo Hernandez 3d, 33, died after being shot in the thigh in the 500 block of Moore Street in South Philadelphia. Police […]

Showing no signs of slowing down, Philadelphia’s homicide tally has jumped by four since Sunday, bringing the latest count to 181. Yesterday at about 1:30 p.m. police found a 19-year-old man with a single gunshot wound to the neck when they were called to 61st Street near Elmwood Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at about 2 p.m. Cops yesterday also said a 42-year-old woman. Terry Bassey, who was shot last Wednesday has died. Bassey was found on 41st Street near Lancaster Avenue, unconscious and bleeding from a […]

At 10:38 last night, police on patrol in the Northeast heard gunfire and found a young man lying on the ground with wounds to his chest and a hand. Rakeem Bailey, 19, of the 200 block of West Tioga Street in North Philadelphia, was taken to Einstein Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:24 p.m., according to Officer Beth DiDonato. The shooting — the 172d murder this year — took place in the 1000 block of Van Kirk Street, she said. As of this morning, police had no witnesses or suspects and knew of no motive. INQUIRER: 172 Dead […]

GERMANTOWN – June 5, 2007 – Philadelphia’s homicide total jumped by 2 again overnight. Police are investigating a pair of deadly shootings that happened within 15 minutes in Germantown. Around 2 a.m, police were called to the intersection of Broad and Lindley streets in Logan. A 52-year-old man was shot 3 times in the chest. He was taken to Einstein Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Then, about 15 minutes later, another person between 25 and 30 years old was killed in a shooting. The second one happened in Germantown near the intersection of Church Lane and Baynton Street. That […]

Philadelphia homicide detectives are looking for a gunman in connection with a mid-afternoon homicide in Logan. It happened just before 3pm outside the Rite-Aid at Broad St. and Wyoming Ave. Police say the man was shot in the thigh and was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he died about 15 minutes later. There is no suspect and no motive in the case at this time. KYW: That Makes 169 Dead In 155 Days

A man was killed early Saturday in a shooting a few blocks from Temple University’s campus, police said. The shooting took place just before 12:30 a.m. on the 1700 block of Sydenham Street. Police said the victim was not a Temple student, but were only describing him as being in his 20s. Police did not report any arrests. The fatal shooting was Philadelphia’s 168th homicide of 2007, a pace of more than one a day. NBC10: #168 Is A Done Deal KYW: Protesters Hold Die-In At Independence Mall DAILY NEWS: Death Of A ‘Hood Prince’