Philadelphia
CRIME & SAFETY
Daylight shootings kill two men on Camden streets
CAMDEN — Two men are dead after separate daylight shootings here. Marcus Corbitt, 24, was gunned down around 12:20 p.m. on May 17 on the 800 block of Princeton Avenue, a one-block road off Pine Street, said the Camden County Prosecutor's Office. He died a short time later at...
Judge to decide fate of driver who struck, killed man after bar altercation in Northeast Philadelphia
A judge is set to decide the fate of a driver who fatally struck a man with his car in Northeast Philadelphia in 2022 after an argument escalated at a bar. The victim’s relatives testified that instead of a fun evening together, they watched him die.
Remains pulled from New Jersey river identified as woman who disappeared 14 years ago
Human remains found in a car submerged in a New Jersey river have been identified as those of a woman who disappeared nearly 14 years ago, according to her family. Bernadine Waters Gunner was 52 years old when she was last seen alive in Camden, N.J., in July 2010. A private, nonprofit search organization found her remains Thursday when diving in the Cooper River, which runs through Camden. The ...
Separate overnight shootings in Philadelphia leave 3 people injured, police say
Three people were injured after two separate shootings that happened in Philadelphia Friday night into Saturday morning, police said. According to police, the first shooting happened around 11:51 p.m. Friday on the 4600 block of E. Roosevelt Blvd. Police said responding officers found a 37-year-old man suffering from two gunshot...
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