Police: Robbery suspect shot dead by victim in North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - A warm holiday weekend leading into Memorial Day left Philadelphia riddled with numerous violent incidents, including at least 12 fatalities that pushed the City of Brotherly Love to more than 200 homicides before summer. >> Philadelphia gun violence resourcesThe bloodshed began early Saturday morning in Mill Creek, as a 30-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He died a short time later at the hospital.Several hours later, one man was shot and killed while two women were injured in a shooting in East Germantown.Early Saturday evening, police were called to a double shooting in Kensington that killed one man and injured a 25-year-old woman.Philadelphia police investigate a double shooting in Kensington that killed one man and injured a woman.

Authorties are invetigating a shooting at a party in Port Richmond that left 2 dead and 2 injured on Monday morning.  PHILADELPHIA - Police in Philadelphia are investigating a fatal shooting that took place in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood, according to authorities. According to police, the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. on Monday in the area of the 3000 block of E Tioga Street for a report of multiple gunshots. Authorities say when officers from the 24th District arrived, they found a large group of people who gathered for a Memorial Day event. Officials say four victims were found on scene, including a 14-year-old with a gunshot wound to the shoulder and a 21-year-old who was shot multiple times in the leg. A 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in the gunfire and they were both pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital. Captain Anthony Ginaldi says investigators are working to find out the cause of the shooting. Authorities also say 47 spent shell casings were found at the crime scene leading them to believe there were multiple shooters and multiple weapons. AdvertisementThis is a developing story.

Mtula Payton has been arrested in the downtown Sacramento shooting that left six dead last month. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The third named suspect in a downtown mass shooting has been arrested in Las Vegas, according to the Sacramento Police Department.Mtula Payton, 27, was arrested Saturday by Las Vegas police and the FBI at a home in the 1300 Block of East Hacienda Avenue. Payton’s arrest comes almost two months after the gang feud erupted in gunfire before dawn on April 3 leaving six people dead.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 10: Bo Hopkins attends the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival's opening night gala and world premiere of the restoration of "Oklahoma!" hosted at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 10, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jen Actor Bo Hopkins, best known for his roles in "American Graffiti" and "The Wild Bunch," has died.His family shared the news on Hopkins’ website with the following note:  "It is with great sadness that we announce that Bo has passed away.

WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. - It’s been more than a month since New Jersey dispensaries were given the green light to start selling legal, recreational marijuana and, after a big first month, cannabis sales are showing no sign of slowing down.Some first time legal weed buyers are curious, maybe a little anxious, at The Botanist, in Williamstown, but it isn’t stopping them. Demand for legal weed in New Jersey remains high a month after the debut."I mean, we were anticipating crowds, but to see it in person was definitely a shock for everybody involved," Tim Weigand, with The Botanist, said.Weigand says the big challenge in the week after cannabis was green lighted was getting good workers."We certainly had enough product.

Philadelphia police say a father and his nine-year-old son were shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Wissinoming. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia’s Memorial Day weekend was disrupted by gun violence across the city, leaving eight people dead, including a nine-year-old boy and injuring at least 12 people, including two teenagers and a four-year-old.The bloodshed began early Saturday morning in Mill Creek, as a 30-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds.

Philadelphia police say a father and his nine-year-old son were shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Wissinoming. WISSINOMING - Philadelphia police are investigating a drive-by shooting that killed a father and son in Wissinoming.Officials said police responded to calls for gunshots on the 2100 block of Carver Street Sunday night, just after 10:30.When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man and a nine-year-old boy each shot multiple times while sitting in a vehicle.Philadelphia police investigate a drive-by shooting that killed a man and his nine-year-old son in Wissinoming.

After the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead on Wednesday, calls for tighter gun laws have been roaring across U.S. and beyond.

OCEAN CITY, N.J. - The Memorial Day weekend saw many head to the shore. Beaches were packed, from Ocean City down to Cape May as well as the Delaware beaches.Seagulls in flight, sunny skies, a cool ocean breeze presented a picture-perfect Jersey shore day."It’s very crowded, but it’s a beautiful weekend and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else," Alisa Rutherford stated.The weather cooperating big time in Ocean City, bringing crowds and tourist dollars."It’s been very busy today.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Pottstown is united in grief, but also in resolve, supporting the family of the four children and one adult killed in a horrifying house explosion at Hale Street and Butler Avenue May 26th.Neighbors and people from all across town gathered at Pottstown High School to share memories and to pray, while lightning candles for 12-year-old Jeremiah White, 10-year-old Nehemiah White, 13-year-old Alana Wood and eight-year-old Tristan White. 67-year-old Francine White also died.Their neighbor, Kenny Cotton, says everything is still raw.

Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (177 km/h) that are expected to worsen before the storm makes landfall on Monday.“Additional strengthening is expected during the next 12 to 24 hours and Agatha is forecast to become a major hurricane when it reaches the coast of southern Mexico on Monday,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Florida said. Tropical storm Agatha forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast As of 4 p.m.

Nepal‘s army said on Monday it has located the crash site of a plane that went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board. Plane goes missing in Nepal’s mountains with 22 people on board “Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site,” army spokesperson Narayan Silwal said on Twitter, posting a picture of the wreckage with the plane’s tail number clearly visible.(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Writing by Krishna N.

Philadelphia police investigate a double shooting in Fairhill that killed a 56-year-old man and injured a 33-year-old woman. FAIRHILL - Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting that led to the death of a one of the victims.Officials say police responded to the 3000 block of North Lawrence Street, in Philadelphia's Fairhill section, Sunday night, about 9:15, on the report of a shooting.Officers arrived to find a 56-year-old man shot twice in the chest.

Today we are reporting 5,836 new community cases, 403 current hospitalisations, and five deaths in the past three days.

Kerala Health minister Veena George said that controlling the growth of mosquitoes and carrying out source destruction are essential to prevent this illness. "A special team from the medical office visited the locality of the victim and the district vector control board took samples from various parts of the district for testing.

COVID which he has been dealing with since last December.On Saturday (May 28), the Jane’s Addiction guitarist took to Instagram to discuss his lingering health problems which recently forced the band to pull out of this year’s Welcome To Rockville festival in Florida.“So yeah, I’m one of the ones who came down with the ‘long haul covid’. Been sick since December and supposedly will be back to my old self in… nobody knows how long,” he wrote alongside a photograph of himself.“If there are any of you who are still suffering long after your negative results, I’m just saying you aren’t alone.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least two tornadoes touched down briefly in south-central Pennsylvania last week, and one damaged some buildings, but no injuries were reported.Forecasters in State College say one tornado touched down just before noon Friday near New Franklin in southern Franklin County. They say the EF-0 tornado had peak winds of about 70 mph.Forecasters say another tornado touched down shortly after 2 p.m.

PITTSBURGH - A 1-year-old child was killed by gunfire Sunday in an apparent drive-by shooting in downtown Pittsburgh, police said.Officers were called to an intersection not far from Market Square and the PPG Place complex at around 2:45 p.m. on a report that an infant had been shot.

Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office LUTZ, Fla. - A social media post that appeared to threaten a mass shooting landed a Lutz man behind bars on Sunday. Deputies say Corey Anderson, 18, posted images of himself with what appeared to be a handgun, a rifle, and a tactical style vest. The photo was distributed with the caption "Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school."According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, detectives investigating the case determined that the handgun and rifle in the photo were ‘airsoft guns’."This type of threat is unacceptable.

HOUSTON - A protester was caught on camera confronting Texas Senator Ted Cruz in Houston about the recent massacre at a Uvalde elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 children, and two teachers. LATEST: Justice Department to investigate police response to Uvalde school shootingAccording to a press release, Benjamin Hernandez, a board member of Indivisible Houston, was at Uptown Sushi on Westheimer, where Cruz happened to also be dining sometime Friday. Video of their exchange initially shows the two posing for a photo when Hernandez begins asking Cruz about his decision to attend the NRA Convention at the George R. Brown Convention that weekend.

Marcus Ericsson of Sweden celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the 106th Running of The Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 29, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Marcus Ericsson had to leave Formula One to become a global superstar — a goal achieved Sunday when the Swedish driver won the Indianapolis 500.Ericsson took control of the race late — largely because of teammate Scott Dixon's speeding penalty — and had it under control for Chip Ganassi Racing until a crash by teammate Jimmie Johnson with four laps remaining brought out a rare red-flag stoppage at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IndyCar is among the purest forms of motorsports and rarely throws artificial cautions or issues stoppages that might change the outcome.

NAPA, Calif. - Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, was allegedly arrested in Napa this weekend for DUI.The House Speaker's spouse was arrested just before midnight Saturday, according to TMZ, and booked into jail hours later into jail on two misdemeanors.It's not known whether the Speaker was with her husband at the time of the arrest.

OLD CITY - Philadelphia police are investigating a crash that resulted in a person riding a scooter hospitalized with critical injuries.Crews were called to the intersection of 2nd and Arch Streets early Sunday, about 2:30, on the report of a vehicle and pedestrian crash.Officials say an investigation reveals the pedestrian was riding a scooter at 2nd and Arch, when an unknown vehicle struck the scooter and drove away.The victim was taken by medics to Jefferson Hospital and placed in extremely critical condition.Authorities say the striking vehicle could have been a black Ford, though that remains under investigation.AdvertisementPolice continue to seek the driver and gather evidence in the investigation.

Ronnie Hawkins, the southern U.S. rockabilly artist who moved to Canada and became godfather to a generation of influential rock musicians, has died at 87.

Philadelphia police on scene of a single-car fatal accident in Germantown. GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia police investigate the cause of a single-car fatal accident in Germantown.Officials say police and fire crews were called to 6300 Lincoln Drive, in Germantown, Sunday morning, about 5:15, for an auto accident.Crews arrived to discover a car on fire at the location.The driver, a man thought to be between the ages of 20 to 30, hit a tree, officials said, at which point, the car caught fire.Philadelphia police and firefighters on the scene of a single-car fatal accident in Germantown.

State troopers stand outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Allison Dinner / AFP via Getty Images) The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead.The review comes amid mounting pressure and questions about the shifting and at times contradictory information about what happened in the shooting last Tuesday at Robb Elementary School and how police responded.Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said the review would be conducted in a fair, impartial and independent manner and that the findings would be made public.RELATED: Uvalde school shooting: Police inaction at center of investigationThe review is being conducted at the request of Uvalde’s mayor, officials said.In a statement, Coley said the goal of the review is "to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and response that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events."Handling the review is the department's Office of Community Policing Services.Such a review is somewhat rare and most after-action reports that come after a mass shooting are generally compiled by local law enforcement agencies or outside groups.UVALDE,TEXAS, USA - MAY 25: A general view of a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 49-year-old man has died after he was shot in the back, in the middle of the morning in North Philadelphia.Authorities say the shooting happened on the 3200 block of Philip Street Sunday morning, just after 9:30.Police arrived on scene to find a 49-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back.Police rushed him to Temple University Hospital, where he died a short time later.AdvertisementPolice are investigating a motive into the shooting.

This photograph shows packaged strawberries in Ayamonte, Huelva, on May 20, 2022. Photo by Jorge Guerrero / AFP via Getty Images) A certain brand of strawberries has been recalled by the U.S.

FILE IMAGE (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) TAFT, Okla. (AP) - One person was killed and seven were injured in a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, authorities said.Two juveniles were among those shot at the Memorial Day event near Taft, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.Witnesses said an argument precluded the gunfire just after midnight, the agency said.

BEAR, Del. - Delaware State Police are investigating a fight that led to a chase and shooting near Bear.Officials say the fight began Saturday night, around 10 p.m., in the parking lot of a Wawa on the 2700 block of Pulaski Highway, in Newark. A 32-year-old Elkton man and a suspect had an altercation in the parking lot, which led the suspect to pull a gun.The Elkton man got into his vehicle and drove off, heading south, while being chased by the suspect.At the intersection of Route 896 and Howell School Road, officials say the suspect confronted the man again, pulling up alongside the man’s vehicle and firing the weapon.The man was shot in the head.

Courtesy: Lee County Sheriff's Office CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A 10-year-old Florida boy has been arrested after deputies say he sent a text message threatening a mass shooting. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says it learned of the threatening message sent by the fifth-grade student at Patriot Elementary School on Saturday. The School Threat Enforcement Team was immediately notified and began analytical research, according to LCSO. Due to the nature of the incident, the Youth Services Criminal Investigations Division took up the case. The boy was arrested following an interview with detectives. "This student’s behavior is sickening, especially after the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas," stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno.

Maharashtra on Sunday registered 550 fresh Covid-19 cases, 21 more than the previous day, which raised the overall caseload to 78,85,944, while one death took the toll to 1,47,859, the state health department said.  On Saturday, the state had recorded 529 cases, but no virus-related death.  As many as 324 Covid-19 patients were discharged today, which pushed the recovery count to 77,35,088.  The state currently has 2,997 active coronavirus cases. Maharashtra's recovery rate is 98.09 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.87 per cent.  With 375 new cases, Mumbai's infection count grew to 10,64,056.

LOGAN - Philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting in Logan that injured two teens and a 63-year-old man.Police responded to the 4900 block of North 16th Street early Sunday, around 2:30 a.m., on the report of gunshots.According to officials, a 16 and 17-year-old were sitting on a stoop when a red SUV drove by, shooting a handgun out of an open window.The two teens were each struck by gunfire and a 63-year-old man inside of a home was shot in the hand.Authorities say 17 shots were fired.

Covid cases. The capital's positivity rate stood at 1.83%.

Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.Biden was to visit the makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School before attending Mass at a local Catholic church. He was also scheduled to meet with family members at a community center and then with first responders at the local airport before returning to Washington, the White House said.

Downtown Chattanooga area has left multiple people injured, according to reports. The exact number of victims is not yet known at this time but the Chattanooga Police Department said victims are believed to be young and in their teens or up to 20 years old, WTVC reported.The CPD officers also speculated the victims of the shooting may have been bystanders as large groups of juveniles were spotted in the area and the victims are not believed to have been directly involved in the incident, according to the report.One person of interest has been detained and police said there is no further threat to the public.However, officers are encouraging residents to avoid traveling in the area amid the ongoing investigation. This is a developing situation.AdvertisementRead more from FOX News

PHILADELPHIA - Enjoy the sunny skies, low humidity, and low 80s on your Sunday because we turn up the heat beginning Monday.There are Memorial Day parades across the region, including ones in Pottstown, Montgomery County; Media, Delaware County; Kennett Square, Chester County; Glassboro, Gloucester County; and Burlington, Burlington County.  Those parades kick off around 10 AM.  Look for temps will be in the upper 70s.Download the FOX 29 Weather Authority App to get the latest weather updatesThen, how about some 90s?  Some of us just reach 90 Monday afternoon, and you'll notice the humidity again.It gets really hot and humid Tuesday and Wednesday.  We're talking highs in the mid 90s.Storms roll through on Thursday with a cold front.  That cold front sweeps away the 90s and brings back less humid air for the start of next weekend.___SUNDAY: Sunny, warm. High: 82, Low: 66MONDAY: Memorial Day.

China's attempts to remove all traces of Covid from the country have now taken a strange twist.A new edict from officials has been given to funeral homes, and it demands that they test the dead for the virus which is still ravaging the country.The government-backed Shenzhen Funeral Home was given the order last week, after case numbers in the city continued to be reported.Across the entire country, new cases discovered were reported to be 6,392 yesterday (May 28), with around 64,488 active cases across the entire country.Since the pandemic began, China has had more than 1.2 million cases – but only 5,226 deaths.This hasn't stopped the Chinese government from pushing ahead with its “zero Covid” policy, which is something Labour's Richard Burgon pushed for in the UK throughout the pandemic.And now a funeral home in Shenzhen has been told to test the dead for Covid.The hope is, is that anyone who tests positive will be isolated so that mourners won't catch Covid at open-casket funerals.The edict was shown to website Sixth Tone, who said: “An operator at Shenzhen’s city service hotline said they were unable to locate official documents and policies requiring a nucleic acid test of the deceased.“Shenzhen has made negative results from the past 72 hours mandatory to access public transport and crowded spaces since early April.“Such requirements sometimes resulted in tragedies for those in urgent need of medical treatment during the lockdown in other cities.”The testing of the dead policy was slammed by some online locally as “ethically and emotionally unacceptable”, while being criticised for showing “little respect to the dead”.One user on Chinese social media site Weibo wrote: “I’m not sure if I would have to wear a mask for

shooting in Uvalde, Texas.The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for more than an hour — could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.The attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead in a fourth grade classroom was the nation’s deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and for three days police offered a confusing and sometimes contradictory timeline that drew public anger and frustration. Texas governor says he was ‘misled’ about police response to Uvalde school shooting By Friday, authorities acknowledged that students and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School.

TEMPE, Ariz. - Miraculously, no one was seriously hurt Thursday when a car crashed through a beauty store in Tempe.According to police, the incident happened on May 26 near Mill and Southern Avenues when a driver unintentionally left the car in drive. When the driver got back into the car to put it in park, they accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to crash into the store."We don't know how it happened, honestly," said a young woman who was inside the car as a passenger during the incident.

SANFORD, Fla. - A comet that broke apart 27 years ago is adding some intrigue to what is usually a rather modest meteor shower this year, with potential for a spectacular display of shooting stars Monday night.Or, astronomers said, it could totally wash out leaving relatively blank skies for eager meteor shower gazers.The meteor shower is courtesy of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 – also abbreviated SW3. The comet was discovered in 1930 and had since made routine mundane trips around the sun every 5.4 years as a faint comet and the source of the annual but tepid Tau-Herculids meteor shower in late May.  WHO WAS JAMES WEBB? THE NAMESAKE BEHIND THE SPACE TELESCOPE That is, until 1995 when suddenly the comet became considerably brighter.

OLD CITY - Fireworks lit up the night sky in Penn’s Landing as many folks are out enjoying the unofficial start to summer. It’s Memorial Day weekend and, after two years, many are thrilled to participate in a more normal holiday, filled with family, friends, food and a whole lot of fun.A free concert and a ticket back to normalcy on the waterfront Saturday night."It’s great to be around people and still trying to social distance, if I can, but it’s still exciting to be outside," Roxanne Jackson said. "I usually come down here in the summer, when it gets hot.

WOLF CREEK, Pa. - Pennsylvania state police say they have solved the slaying of a Chicago man whose burning body was found 42 years ago near Interstate 80 in a northwestern Pennsylvania town.Edwin Rodriguez was identified through the use of DNA testing and genealogy tools.He was 18 when he and a family friend, Nestor Quintanal, left Chicago for Florida in the fall of 1980, and Rodriguez’s family never heard from him again.His burning body was found Nov.

A firefighter works on putting out a hotspot from a wildfire on Friday May 13, 2022 in Mora, NM. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S.

Today we are reporting 4,841 community cases, 383 hospitalisations, and nine deaths.

UVALDE, Texas - The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for more than an hour — could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.The attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead in a fourth grade classroom was the nation's deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and for three days police offered a confusing and sometimes contradictory timeline that drew public anger and frustration.By Friday, authorities acknowledged that students and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School. Officials said he believed that the suspect was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms and that there was no longer an active attack.Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 28, 2022.