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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two deadly shootings and an attempted carjacking are among the latest incidents under investigation by Philadelphia police on Sunday night. Police say around 7:08 p.m., an 18-year-old man died after being shot in the chest on the 1800 block of Sullis Street. No arrests have been made at this time. Around 5:17 p.m., police say a woman was shot in the city's Olney section. She was found shot multiple times across her body. She was rushed to an area hospital where she later died. It's still unclear where the woman was shot in Olney, but officers held two crime scenes in co...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A young man was gunned down while at work in South Philadelphia, and police need the public's help to find his killer. Monday, October 5, 2020 was a workday for 21-year-old Daejour Smith. He was at the Lowe's on Columbus Boulevard in South Philadelphia. "He was assisting customers, handling the carts, and things like that," said his mother, Deborah Smith. It was shortly after 1 p.m. when his mother said a car pulled up to Daejour. "What the detective has shared thus far is he didn't stand a chance. That the car just drove up, somebody got out the car, and they came to h...

One in an occasional series about Philadelphia’s unchecked gun violence. Every trip outside the house for Jackee Nichols brings a new reminder of the pain. Nichols is from a part of South Philadelphia that has been embroiled in a shooting conflict for as long as anyone can remember. In October 2018, that violence claimed her 15-year-old grandson. Police believe he was gunned down for living on the wrong block — but, like most shootings in Philadelphia, no one has been charged in the crime. Now Nichols faces the daily torment of living among the people she suspects killed her grandson, ...