The easy reaction when hearing of the recent spike in fatal shootings in Chester is to simply roll your eyes. Not again.
Read the comments on this website and you get the impression nowhere else in Delaware County is battling street violence, that this is something unique to the Chester city limits.
If nothing else, the past few days have shown that’s simply not the case.
There was a street shooting in Darby Township Friday night, which took the life of a Collingdale man.
On Father’s Day, police say a drug deal gone bad erupted in gunfire in Upper Darby. One person was killed and two others injured in the carnage.
Finally, yesterday police were called to the Olde Sproul Shopping Center on Baltimore Pike in Springfield for a report of a stabbing.
As it turns out, two county detectives noticed the white SUV described by a witness and followed it to nearby Smedley Park, where they stopped it.
Inside they found the body of a man who had been stabbed. The driver was taken into custody.
It was the first murder reported in Springfield in five years. And it took all of seven minutes to solve the case.
Late last night the owner of a popular Morton auto detailing business was charged with murder in the case. Police believe an argument escalated into something far more serious.
It doesn’t just happen in Chester.
It happens everywhere. And it seems to be happening more and more all the time.
Read the comments on this website and you get the impression nowhere else in Delaware County is battling street violence, that this is something unique to the Chester city limits.
If nothing else, the past few days have shown that’s simply not the case.
There was a street shooting in Darby Township Friday night, which took the life of a Collingdale man.
On Father’s Day, police say a drug deal gone bad erupted in gunfire in Upper Darby. One person was killed and two others injured in the carnage.
Finally, yesterday police were called to the Olde Sproul Shopping Center on Baltimore Pike in Springfield for a report of a stabbing.
As it turns out, two county detectives noticed the white SUV described by a witness and followed it to nearby Smedley Park, where they stopped it.
Inside they found the body of a man who had been stabbed. The driver was taken into custody.
It was the first murder reported in Springfield in five years. And it took all of seven minutes to solve the case.
Late last night the owner of a popular Morton auto detailing business was charged with murder in the case. Police believe an argument escalated into something far more serious.
It doesn’t just happen in Chester.
It happens everywhere. And it seems to be happening more and more all the time.
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