Police are looking for two suspects in connection with an early morning shooting Wednesday.  The 48-year-old victim was shot inside his home on the 800-block of Anchor Street around 3 a.m. continue reading »

Police are investigating the events that led to the shooting death of a woman and serious injuries to a man early Monday morning. The two were found lying in the street near Langdon and Anchor streets around 3:30 a.m. yesterday. continue reading »

A Fels High School student died Thursday as the result of a shooting for which he may not have been the intended target.

Ahmad Dotson, 16, was shot in the chest around 9 p.m. Thursday on the 900-block of Anchor Street near Summerdale Avenue. The high school junior was on his way to meet his twin brother when a shooter described as a high school-aged male, opened fire. continue reading »

By Shannon McDonald

Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

The 25-year-old man who died in a Frankford shooting last month is believed to be the agressor. Police initially thought Dallas Custalow was an innocent bystander when he was shot in the stomach inside the Irish Kitchen bar at Pratt and Oakland streets. But it is now believed Custalow, of the 1300-block of Anchor Street, pulled his gun first during an argument at the bar, hitting a 29-year-old man in the leg.

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By Shannon McDonald

A triple shooting at a Pratt Street bar had officers rushing to the scene around 1:15 this morning.

Dallas Custalow, 25, was shot in the stomach at the Irish Kitchen at Pratt and Oakland streets after two men began shooting at each other across the bar. One of the shooters suffered a gunshot wound to the head and remains in critical condition. The other was hit in the thigh.

Authorities and witnesses say Custalow was an innocent bystander. His family was called to the scene shortly after the shooting to identify his body. Family members said he stopped at the bar after going to the movies. Custalow is also the son of the 71-year-old man who died after being beaten with a trash can by his elderly neighbor at Saul and Anchor streets in February.

By Shannon McDonald

The two teens charged for the April 2 attack on a SEPTA bus driver are from the Northeast.

Estebon Santiago, 47 was attacked when he stopped his 124 bus at 12th and Market streets. The teens, whom he allowed to ride from King of Prussia while they searched for fare money, began beating Santiago after they refused to pay once the bus stopped in Center City.

Carlos Masip, 18 of Algon Avenue near Devereaux Avenue, turned himself into the 15th Police Distrisct at Harbsion Avenue and Levick Street Friday, after his accomplice was arrested. The second teen’s identitiy has not been released, as he is only 17, but he is from Anchor Street near Torresdale Avenue.

Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast mag wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

By Shannon McDonald

In their ongoing coverage of the elderly Frankford man whose neighbor beat him to death, FOX29 and NBC10 screwed up our neighborhoods.

The stations qualified the killing as Oxford Cirlcle, but, as the Frankford Gazette also points out, the murder took place at Saul and Anchor streets. That’s to the east of The Boulevard, and is definitely not in Oxford Circle.

By Shannon McDonald

A 71-year-old man died as a result of injuries he sustained after being beaten in his home at Saul and Anchor streets Monday night.

The suspected killer is the man’s 44-year-old mentally ill neighbor, who police say used a pole, a shovel, a chair and his bare hands to bludgeon the elderly victim.

The attacker, whose name has not been released, then barricaded himself in his home. Police say the man owns several weapons and should be considered extremely dangerous.  It is unclear what triggered the attack.