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Girl, 15, in critical condition after going out of 5th-story window of Philadelphia school
A 15-year-old girl is hospitalized after she went out of a school's fifth-story window in North Philadelphia.It happened just after 12 p.m. Tuesday at Dobbins Technical High School located in the 2100 block of West Lehigh Avenue.Police have not said how the girl went out of the window.She is in critical condition at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.Police say this is an ongoing investigation.Action News has reached out to the School District of Philadelphia for comment.
Dad murders son during argument sparked by chasing cats, then watches religious videos for 12 hours before calling 911: Cops
A Pennsylvania father is accused of shooting and killing his son during an argument over the family's vehicle and waited 12 hours to call 911 while he watched "religious videos." The post Dad murders son during argument sparked by chasing cats, then watches religious videos for 12 hours before calling 911: Cops first appeared on Law & Crime.
Lancaster County man sentenced for 2023 murder of roommate
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Lancaster County man has been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison for beating his roommate to death in 2023. Brian Deante Gray, 19, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in state prison after pleading guilty to third-degree murder for the December killing of 68-year-old Michael Pfender, whose body was found in the detached garage of a building where he and Gray lived, along with Gray's father and another person.
1 teen dead, 2 others hurt in Berks County crash, cops say
A teenager has succumbed to injuries sustained in a Berks County accident last month involving a tractor trailer driver from Allentown, state police said. The deceased is being identified by police as a 17-year-old male from Fleetwood, Berks County. The teen, a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead just after 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Tower Health-Reading Hospital. He died from blunt force trauma to the head and face area, police said.