Crime

9 people shot outside bar in Philadelphia’s Kensington section; multiple gunmen sought

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Nine people are in the hospital after police say multiple shooters opened fire on the streets of Kensington.

Investigators say the shooting happened around 10:45 Saturday night near the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Police say multiple shooters exited a black vehicle and fired at least 40 rounds, critically injuring four of the nine people who were struck.

And this was in an area with a “heavy” police presence.

New Yorkers angry about crime aren’t being misled by dodgy data—they are reacting to the evidence of their own eyes.

Governor Kathy Hochul appeared on television over the weekend, informing New Yorkers worried about rising crime and eroding public safety that they are all victims of a “conspiracy,” engineered by “master manipulators” bent on deceiving them. Calling her opponent Lee Zeldin and the Republican Party “data deniers,” the governor explained that “Democratic states” like New York are the “safer places” in America. She cited this year’s decline in Gotham’s murder rate as proof that she is keeping New Yorkers safe, though she neglected to mention the sharp rise in total crime across the city, including a 30 percent rise in all “index” crimes.

More Americans are reporting a crime increase in their neighborhoods than at any point since 1972, when Gallup first polled the issue.

Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults perceive more crime in their area than the year prior, the group’s latest poll found—a 5-point increase from 2021. The highest level the pollster previously recorded was 54 percent in 1981 and 1992.

Toronto police never checked Toronto Pearson International Airport cameras to see if any potential suspects — including the mysterious “Walking Man” caught on neighbourhood surveillance cameras — left the country immediately after killing Barry and Honey Sherman, a Toronto court has heard.

“Why would we do that,” Det. Const. Dennis Yim said during cross examination by a Toronto Star reporter last week. “The person could have changed their appearance.”

Yet, as Yim testified, police showed photos of the “Walking Man” around the Sherman neighbourhood to see if anyone could identify him. Nobody could. Police believe he is the killer or one of the killers, according to police documents.

Democrats will pay a heavy price for dismissing voters’ concerns.

The most memorable moment of Tuesday’s fiery debate between New York governor Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger, Lee Zeldin, centred on crime. After Zeldin hammered Hochul on bail-reform laws that put criminals back on the streets, one of the main themes of his campaign, Hochul seemed to admit more than she might have wished. ‘I don’t know why that’s so important to you’, she responded.

Prince Andrew’s cousin claims that by name-dropping the duke and former U.S. President Bill Clinton during her explosive TV interview, Ghislaine Maxwell is showing she still holds all the cards.

An RCMP officer has been fatally stabbed in Burnaby.

B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said he was informed this afternoon that a female Burnaby RCMP officer was killed while on duty, calling it “absolutely tragic and horrific.”