The drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicides peaked during the pandemic.

A man shot and killed his brother Wednesday night in Southwest Philadelphia, police said. Officers found a 31-year-old man just after 6 p.m. with two gunshot wounds in his chest in the parking lot of a shopping center on the 2900 block of Island Avenue, Philadelphia police said.

Philadelphia police are searching for a 53-year-old man, Coy Thomas, identifying him as a suspect in the killing of 93-year-old Lafayette Dailey in Philadelphia earlier this month. Dailey was found dead in his home in North Philadelphia and his car was ...

It's unclear what caused the man's death just before midnight Sunday, police said.

An argument over money between two brothers in Philadelphia led to one fatally shooting the other on New Year's Eve, with the suspect quickly arrested.