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Lex Street massacre. Coordinates: 39.967°N 75.212°W. The Lex Street massacre is the name, given by a Philadelphia Daily News reporter, to a mass murder that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on December 28, 2000. It was the deadliest mass murder in Philadelphia history. Ten people were shot in a crack house in the 800 ...
Killing of Eddie Irizarry. The killing of Eddie Irizarry occurred on August 14, 2023, when he was shot by Philadelphia Police Department officer Mark Dial while in his vehicle. Later on August 14, Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was "driving erratically", then as "officers ...
This is a chronological list of shootings committed by firearms in the state of Pennsylvania. Each of the following has a Wikipedia article that contains the incident's details, such as: the shooting, the shooter, the victim, and/or a related subject.
West Nickel Mines School shooting. On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania. [1][2][3] Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls (aged 6–13), killing six (five in the ...
A Philadelphia police captain said that officers first heard gunshots near Second and South Streets and saw multiple shooters. The shooting resulted in chaos on South Street with people sprinting to flee the area.
On July 2–3, 2023, a shooting spree occurred in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Five people were killed and four people were injured. The police apprehended the shooter without incident.
A man accused of charging police with "a machete and hatchet" at a residence in Pennsylvania was shot by an officer over the weekend, officials said.
Killing of Walter Wallace. On October 26, 2020, Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz at 6100 Locust Street in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two officers arrived in the area to respond to a domestic dispute.