Author: Gil

From Philly.com:

…investigators last night (January 30th) were still searching for the man who killed Robert Overton, 21, outside a Kmart (Google map)in Northeast Philadelphia about 8:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Overton, of Ditman Street near Wakeling (Google map), was shot multiple times over an apparent ongoing neighborhood argument, a police source said.

Witnesses told detectives that the gunman fled in a light-colored sedan. Overton had a history of arrests on charges that included drug possession and carjacking, court records show.

Thanks to a tip on Phillyblog from B-REAL we found this on 6abc.com:

FRANKFORD – February 3, 2008 — The manager of a nightclub has been shot in the back while trying to break-up a fight.

The gunfire erupted outside Platinum nightclub just after 2 a.m Sunday in the 4100 block of Torresdale Avenue (Google map).

The manager apparently asked several men who were fighting inside the club to leave. As the manager tried to escort them out of the club, they all began to argue.

That’s when one of the men pulled out handgun and started shooting.

The manager was struck once in the back. He was taken to Frankford Torresdale Hospital in stable condition.

No arrest have been made.

See the video report and read the entire story here.

From kyw1060.com:

Police have released details and a composite sketch of a suspect wanted for a sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in the Frankford section.

The girl said she was walking on the 4400 block of Wingohocking Street in Frankford, when a man grabbed her by the neck, dragged her into an alley, held a knife to her throat and sexually assaulted her.

The attack happened around 9:15 pm on January 25th. Police were searching for a man believed to be about 6-feet tall with a thin build, 16-17 years old, with scars on his face. He was wearing a dark green jacket with fur around the hood.