PHILADELPHIA (January 2, 2026)— The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office provides the following prosecutorial updates on Friday regarding two recent shootings that occurred on January 1, 2026 in Northeast Philadelphia and West Philadelphia. Shooting Incident #1: The Philadelphia District...
PHILADELPHIA (December 23, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced the First Degree Murder conviction of Sabir Bunch for a double shooting homicide that happened on August 3rd, 2023 in the Olney section of...
PHILADELPHIA (December 18, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced charges against Sean Hernandez (alias Raafi Gorham) on Thursday for the beating death of 2-year-old Key’Monnie Bean. On December 8th, 2025,...
PHILADELPHIA (December 15, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced charges on Monday against Coy Thomas, the defendant involved in the stabbing homicide of 93-year-old Lafayette Dailey, which occurred in December 2025 in...
PHILADELPHIA (December 11, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, DAO’s Gun Violence Task Force announced charges on Thursday against Tayvine Jones, who was involved in three separate violent street group-related homicide shootings that occurred in August 2020, May 2022 and...
PHILADELPHIA (December 8, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, DAO’s Family Violence & Sexual Assault Unit (FVSA) announced on Monday the conviction and sentencing of defendant Horace Battle for his role in the abduction and rape of a minor in the North Philadelphia...
PHILADELPHIA (November 24, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide & Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced on Monday the conviction of two defendants for their roles in the October 2023 shooting homicide of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez...
PHILADELPHIA (November 14, 2025)— Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide & Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced on Friday the conviction of a Defendant for his role in a June 2021 Domestic-related stabbing homicide in the North Philadelphia section of...
PHILADELPHIA (November 13, 2025) — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced a Call To Action ahead of World Human Rights Day on December 10th, 2025. DA Krasner was joined by members of the DAO’s Special Investigations Unit and Law Division, including Assistant District...
PHILADELPHIA (November 10, 2025) – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office charged Defendant Fredrick Arnold (DOB: 06/25/1950) for his role in a Domestic-Related Non-Fatal Shooting which occurred on the 1300 Block of Hale Street in the Oxford Circle section of Philadelphia. Approved...