Philadelphia saw one of the steepest declines in homicides among major U.S. cities in the first nine months of this year, per ...

Pennsylvania's high court says Philadelphia can't impose stricter firearms regulations than are authorized under state law.

As 2012 comes to a close, Chicago has reached a terrible milestone: 500 homicides in the city for the entire year. Nathaniel T. Jackson was killed Thursday (Dec. 27), becoming the 500th person to ...

Ameen Hurst was sentenced for escaping a Philly prison back in 2023 after being involved in four separate homicides between 2021 and 2022 NBC Universal, Inc. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The homicide rate in Philadelphia is at the lowest point since 2013. On Thursday night, a man in his 30s was shot and killed in the Frankford section of the city ...

The benchmark comes as data from the police shows there have been 200 homicides so far this year in Philadelphia, a 41% decrease from this time last year. There were 10 murders in Philadelphia in ...