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 ...

Philadelphia police said Thursday it appears that five different guns were used during the deadly mass shooting on Memorial Day in Fairmount Park.

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 ...

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

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

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

But the fact that so few of us feel as if we’ve entered a golden age of public safety may also teach us an important lesson ...

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

Man shot dead in West Philadelphia apartment over suspected love triangle; police arrest a 33-year-old suspect.