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A man is in critical condition following a late-night shooting on April 27th at Margaret St. and Oxford Avenue. This followed a shooting in the afternoon on Frankford Avenue near Dyre Street.
Source: Man shot three times in Frankford, in critical condition | WTXF
January 16th on the 4600 block of Penn – 201615004629
February 3rd on the 1800 block of Fillmore – 201615009784
February 20th on the 4800 block of Penn – 201615014979
March 17th on the 4700 block of Oxford – 201615023994
March 23rd on the 1600 block of Pratt – 201615025965
March 23rd on the 1600 block of Pratt – 201615025900
After 6 homicides in the 15th District PSA 1 over a three month period, Frankford is on track to set a record this year for murder in the community. See the March crime summary on the chart below and you can see the detailed report at this link.
Only one of those homicides has lead to an arrest so far. Local video surveillance cameras helped identify suspects in the incident on the 4800 block of Penn Street.
The number code following the crime is one way of tracking an incident. Thanks to Christopher Sawyer at philadelinquency.com who has given us a new tool for tracking this information with CourtWatch. Besides a huge collection of other interesting stuff, he has provided this great tool for tracking arrests.
Thanks to OpenDataPhilly for making this raw data available for our use.
If you are concerned about violence in Frankford and want to take action, there is a meeting at St. Marks Church at 4442 Frankford Avenue on Monday, April 11th at 6 PM.
Captain Anthony Luca, newly minted Captain of the 15th Police District, attended the PSA1 meeting on March 24. Captain Luca took over from Captain John McCloskey on March 20th, after being promoted the previous weekend.
Gary McLaughlin, President of the Frankford CDC welcomes Captain Luca to Frankford
He discussed his 20 years of experience in the Police Department in patrol, narcotics, Tactical team and SWAT and laid out some plans for the district. He said it will be a building process but pledged that “you will see a reduction in crime”.
Lt. Gordon, just back from military service, discussed cell phone theft and noted that Philadelphia is at the top in the nation for this type of crime. Since the crooks want to get your phone away from you while its in use so that it can be unlocked, walking down the street talking on a cell phone is an invitation to them to walk up and take it. Be careful and street wise.
On the homicides on the 1600 block of Pratt Street, it remains under investigation so little information is being released to the public.
Officer Matt Crosson followed up on the last PSA meeting in Bridesburg:
It has been resolved to hold every third PSA1 meeting in Bridesburg, so the April 28th meeting will be in Frankford but the May 26th meeting will once again be in Bridesburg.
Captain John McCloskey has moved on the a new assignment. We wish him good luck and good health. I can speak from personal experience of having met him in the early morning hours investigating a homicide, that he was in every corner of Frankford. Thank you for your service to Frankford.
PSA1 meeting tonight at 7 PM at Aria Hospital. Several issues on interest to the community should be discussed.
Come out and meet your neighbors and the police officers who patrol your neighborhood.
Two people were shot and killed in Wednesday afternoon on the 1600 block of Pratt St. This brings the total to 5 for the year.
