PHILADELPHIA (November 10, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit today announced the first-degree murder conviction of defendant Tariq Cummings in the 2024 fatal shooting of singer-songwriter Jerelle Bey. On October 21, 2026, the...
PHILADELPHIA (November 5, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit today were joined by law enforcement partners, elected officials and community leaders to announce charges against defendant Carprice Williams for the brutal murder of...
PHILADELPHIA (October 30, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner today announced the activation of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Election Task Force (ETF) for the midterm election starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The DAO’s Election Task Force’s role...
PHILADELPHIA (October 27, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Gun Violence Task Force today announced charges against Hassan Bennett, chair of the Philadelphia Citizens Police Oversight Commission, for selling sensitive information regarding a witness in a domestic violence...
PHILADELPHIA (October 16, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, elected officials and justice partners today jointly released a report analyzing the negative impacts of the Thurmond Amendment of the Fair Housing Act on individuals and communities across Pennsylvania. The report titled Housing...
PHILADELPHIA (October 10, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit today announced charges against Eric Lewis for shooting two Philadelphia police officers in West Philadelphia and firing at several other officers. The Philadelphia District...
PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Tuesday announced the third-degree murder convictions of Dominique Bailey and Kevin Spencer for fatally beating Bailey’s four-year-old son, Damari Carter, in 2023. A...
PHILADELPHIA (October 5, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Monday announced a recent third-degree murder conviction of defendant Darien Ramsey for a 2024 fatal beating in North Philadelphia. A jury convicted Defendant Darien...
PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Friday announced a third-degree murder conviction of defendant Tahir Shoatz for his involvement in a 2024 mass shooting in West Philadelphia in which three people were...
PHILADELPHIA (September 18, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced charges against Defendant Chardae Sapp for her role in a fatal fire that killed one person and injured four others in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood...