UPPER GWYNEDDÂ â A Philadelphia man has turned himself in to police to face charges in an accidental shooting that left an Upper Gwynedd man severely injured last month.
Kashaan Moses, 25, of the 500 block of N. Creighton Street in Philadelphia now faces aggravated assault and other charges stemming from the April 10 accidental shooting. He made a very poor judgment decision that s going to affect the rest of his life, said Upper Gwynedd Police Chief David Duffy.
- Advertisement - The victim s injuries are really horrible. They re really tragic, and I really feel for the victim and his family, he said.
According to Duffy and the police criminal complaint against Moses, police responded to a call around 8 a.m. on April 10 for a reported shooting at a single-family home on the 600 block of Rosemont Avenue, at a home owned and operated by Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) and used to house three residents who are disabled and/or have special needs.Â
Updated on May 19, 2021 at 5:24 pm
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A caretaker accidentally shot a man with developmental disabilities while unloading his gun inside a Montgomery County group home, police said.
Kashaan Moses, 25, a former employee with the Jewish Education Vocation (JEVS), which provides care for people with special needs and disabilities, told police he recently purchased a firearm earlier this year after losing friends to gun violence in Philadelphia.
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On April 9, Moses arrived at a JEVS residential group home on the 600 block of Rosemont Avenue in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, to work a night shift and take care of three people who lived at the house, including 71-year-old Thomas Lavin. Moses’ job was to keep them safe, wake them up in the morning, serve them breakfast and give them any medication they needed.
LOWER GWYNEDDÂ â One person was killed and two others injured in an accident on DeKalb Pike early Thursday morning.
According to Lower Gwynedd Township Police Department, the accident took place at roughly 3:28 a.m. on the 500 block of DeKalb Pike between Greycliffe Lane and Grasshopper Lane.Â
Police said their investigation has revealed that a sedan occupied by three adults hit a fuel truck in the rear, and the driver of the fuel truck was not hurt. Two of the occupants of the sedan were seriously injured and the third was fatally injured, according to police.
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One of the injured was flown by medical helicopter to Temple University Hospital and the other was taken by ambulance to Abington Memorial Hospital; conditions of both were unknown as of Thursday evening.
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Here s how several Montgomery County hospitals stacked up in the latest patient safety ratings. (Shutterstock)
LANSDALE, PA Abington Lansdale Hospital performed well in the latest hospital safety grades put out by the research group Leapfrog.The hospital received a B grade for safety.
There were just 56 across Pennsylvania who received the top A grade for safety, the study shows. Specifically, the study ranked hospitals based on their ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
More than 2,700 general, acute-care U.S. hospitals were assessed nationwide for Leapfrog s Spring Safety Grades.
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To determine each grade, Leapfrog used up to 28 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and information from other supplemental data sources. When averaged, performance measures produce a single letter grade representing a hospital s overall performance in
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Here s how several Montgomery County hospitals stacked up in the latest patient safety ratings. (Shutterstock)
ABINGTON, PA Abington Memorial Hospital is at the top of the pack in the latest hospital safety grades put out by the research group Leapfrog.
The hospital was among just 56 across Pennsylvania to receive the top A grade for safety, the study shows. Specifically, the study ranked hospitals based on their ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
More than 2,700 general, acute-care U.S. hospitals were assessed nationwide for Leapfrog s Spring Safety Grades.
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