The following information is preliminary and subject to change. Updates will be shared as they become available.

On Sunday, August 30, 2026, at approximately 1:51 p.m., officers from the 35th District responded to the 1600 block of Conlyn Street for a report of a barricaded person after a gunshot was heard from inside a residence. A barricade was declared.

At approximately 2:50 p.m., the barricade was ended. Two adult females were located inside the residence and pronounced deceased at the scene by Medics at approximately 2:51 p.m.

Preliminary information indicates that this incident is being investigated as a murder-suicide. The relationship between the two females has not been established at this time, and the motive remains unknown. The scene is being held, and the investigation is ongoing with the Homicide Unit.

The Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Unit is looking to identify the suspect, depicted in the following surveillance video excerpts, as part of an ongoing investigation into the homicide by shooting of a 60-years-old male, that occurred on Monday, August 5th, 2024, at about 2:51 AM, at Rising Sun Avenue and Goodman Street.

The Philadelphia Police Department- Central Detective Division is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual depicted in the following video and stills.

On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at approximately 5:30AM, the victim, a 40 year-old female, was chased by a masked offender in the area of 1500 JFK Blvd. The offender made threatening comments while holding his hand behind his back as they approached causing the complainant to stumble and sustain injury. The offender fled in to SEPTA Suburban Station after the incident.

On August 14, 2026 at approximately 8:10am, employees of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, 101 S. Independence Mall, found someone vandalized the “YO/OY” statue. The statue is a large YO/OY in bright yellow placed directly in front of the museum. Video footage recovered shows that on August 13, 2026 at 8:11pm, an unknown white male approximately 50-60 years old, heavily tattooed, wearing a white tank top, khaki shorts and red/white Nike Air Jordans vandalizes the statue, and then enters the Septa 5th Street station through the southeast stairs.