Woman questioned about fatal stabbing
In two homicide cases from yesterday, police are questioning a woman about a South Philadelphia stabbing and the name of a shooting victim has been released.
In two homicide cases from yesterday, police are questioning a woman about a South Philadelphia stabbing and the name of a shooting victim has been released.
Rory Wallace, 50, was found early yesterday afternoon with a stab wound to his chest in his home in the 2300 block of Reed Street.
He was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m.
An arrest was reported yesterday afternoon, but as of 8 this morning, no charges had been filed, police said.
A woman was being questioned, police said.
The shooting happened about 1:43 a.m. yesterday in the 7900 block of Craig Street in the city's Holmesburg section.
The victim, Kenneth Huckstep, 22, lived less than three blocks away, in the 3300 block of Decatur Street.
Shot multiple times, he was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:55 p.m.