In 2024, the city experienced a remarkable 35% reduction in homicides. This year seemed likely to continue that trend. Then ...

Cops hunting three gunmen after two killed and 9 injured in Fairmount Park - Police named two people killed in the shooting ...

Jameer Rice and Shaun Triplett received life sentences without the possibility of parole for the crimes they committed alone ...

Patricia Krenwinkel, 77, was recommended for parole Friday for the second time. Her first recommendation was denied by ...

Families and friends are too often overlooked in stories when loved ones are met with violence. These are some of those cases and all that police and the heartbroken families are seeking is for ...

Police have yet to reveal whether there was a single gunman or multiple. There is no suspect in custody or weapon recovered.

A man is dead after police say a shooting occurred in Philadelphia's Farihill neighborhood on Memorial Day. PHILADELPHIA - A ...

Ending capital punishment has become a bipartisan issue in Pennsylvania at a time when more and more people realize the ...

A 14-year-old was arrested and charged after a child was accidentally shot and killed inside a home on Brooklyn Street in ...

Despite a news cycle that prioritizes doom, the U.S. has seen that decline take hold over the last couple of years, with the ...

Despite the recent violence, as of May 11, there were 74 reported homicides in Philadelphia in 2025, down 21.28% from the same time last year which ultimately had the lowest number of homicides in ...