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  • 1 week ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Brendan Brightman |Aaron Baskerville

    A 21-year-old woman is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound to the head in North Philadelphia on Wednesday night, police said. The shooting occurred at around 6:30 p.m. at the 800 block of North Watts Street, police said. The woman was found a few feet away from her Nissan, which was parked on the side of the curb and found with its trunk and back driver door open, police said. "She was laying next to the vehicle, just a few feet away, cause the vehicle was parked next to the curb.

  • 2 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Brendan Brightman |Aaron Baskerville

    Police in Montgomery County are searching for an 18-year-old living with autism who has been missing since Tuesday, June 10, just one day after moving from Florida, officials said. Kyle Andrusko, who family members say can speak but often times does not, was last seen Tuesday at the Brookview Apartments in Elkins Park, police said. Andrusko's family moved to Pennsylvania from Florida on Monday, just one day before his disappearance.

  • 3 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Aaron Baskerville

    A new bill aims to keep people safe around pets in Philadelphia. More specifically, the bill targets owners who bring their dogs to areas designated as animal-free zones in the city. Under the bill, signs would be posted in certain public parks and playgrounds, warning that anyone bringing a dog into one of the animal-free zones would face a $2,000 fine. However, service animals would be exempt. Councilman Jeffrey Young is behind the bill.

  • 3 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Brendan Brightman |Aaron Baskerville

    Residents living near the Delaware City refinery leaking sulfur dioxide voiced their concerns and frustrations about their area's air quality at a public meeting with officials on Thursday. The leak began on Memorial Day, and officials say they think they can seal it back up by next week. However, in the mean time, residents fear they are being exposed to harmful pollutants. "We’re being poisoned.

  • 3 weeks ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Brendan Brightman |Aaron Baskerville

    The Capital Health satellite emergency room in East Trenton is shutting down after structural engineers determined the building to be unsafe to continue using, the company announced on Wednesday. According to Capital Health, the building on the old St. Francis campus has been determined to have "significant structural issues with another adjoining building" that "pose a threat to the integrity and safety" of the building.

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Aaron Baskerville
Aaron Baskerville @ABaskerville10
12 Nov 24

“We’re asking the public to be on the lookout for this specific vehicle.” Lower Merion Police searching for this driver and car after a fatal hit and run crash this morning. A 61-year old woman in a wheelchair is now dead. @NBCPhiladelphia at 11pm https://t.co/oWuULA3gRF

Aaron Baskerville
Aaron Baskerville @ABaskerville10
28 Sep 24

RT @NBCPhiladelphia: Sixers star Joel Embiid surprised kids at a block party that he hosted in Philadelphia on Friday. @ABaskerville10 repo…

Aaron Baskerville
Aaron Baskerville @ABaskerville10
23 Sep 24

RT @NBCPhiladelphia: Victims of violent crime from the Philly area are set to join thousands of other crime victims for a march in Washingt…