The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
Re: Philly's Homicide Count Hits 384
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5523542
7 Homicides in Philly Since Friday
PHILADELPHIA - July 30, 2007 - The latest person killed in Philadelphia was shot early this morning, in another violent weekend.
The victim was shot and killed just before 3 a.m. inside a home along the 6200 block of Morton Street in Philadelphia's Germantown (Coontown) section.
Two people were seen running from the scene. The ran east on Washington Lane.
Earlier during the weekend, 16-year old Luis Navarro, Jr., was shot to death for his new dirt bike. Navarro was killed Saturday when he was shot in the back 3 times while he rode the dirt bike in Feltonville park.
In an exclusive Action News interview, the boy's father says his son did nothing to deserve what happened to him. Here's a picture of Luis Navarro's dirt bike. If you can help police crack this case, homicide detectives are urging you to give them a call.
Detectives are trying to piece together what appears to be a murder in Fairmount Park.
The burned body of a woman was found Sunday morning along Kelly Drive near Strawberry Mansion drive.
Firefighters were responding to a call of a garbage fire when they realized it was much more serious.
The victim is in her 20's. Her name is not yet known.
More will be known after an autopsy is done.
A woman found beaten to death inside her home apparently died at the hands of her boyfriend, police said.
Police said Demicco's boyfriend, Michael Johnson, 36, has confessed to the murder, saying he killed her last Saturday after an argument. Police said some sort of wooden object was used and blunt force trauma appears to be the cause of death. Johnson faces murder charges.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=5523542
7 Homicides in Philly Since Friday
PHILADELPHIA - July 30, 2007 - The latest person killed in Philadelphia was shot early this morning, in another violent weekend.
The victim was shot and killed just before 3 a.m. inside a home along the 6200 block of Morton Street in Philadelphia's Germantown (Coontown) section.
Two people were seen running from the scene. The ran east on Washington Lane.
Earlier during the weekend, 16-year old Luis Navarro, Jr., was shot to death for his new dirt bike. Navarro was killed Saturday when he was shot in the back 3 times while he rode the dirt bike in Feltonville park.
In an exclusive Action News interview, the boy's father says his son did nothing to deserve what happened to him. Here's a picture of Luis Navarro's dirt bike. If you can help police crack this case, homicide detectives are urging you to give them a call.
Detectives are trying to piece together what appears to be a murder in Fairmount Park.
The burned body of a woman was found Sunday morning along Kelly Drive near Strawberry Mansion drive.
Firefighters were responding to a call of a garbage fire when they realized it was much more serious.
The victim is in her 20's. Her name is not yet known.
More will be known after an autopsy is done.
A woman found beaten to death inside her home apparently died at the hands of her boyfriend, police said.
Police said Demicco's boyfriend, Michael Johnson, 36, has confessed to the murder, saying he killed her last Saturday after an argument. Police said some sort of wooden object was used and blunt force trauma appears to be the cause of death. Johnson faces murder charges.