Crime & Safety
Teen Girl In Custody After Fatal Roxborough Stabbing
A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody by Philadelphia Police in connection with a 57-year-old man's fatal stabbing in Roxborough.
ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — A teenage girl is in custody after a man was stabbed to death at a Roxborough home over the weekend.
According to police, officers were called to a residence on the 500 block of Wartman Street at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday for a report of a stabbing.
There, they found a 57-year-old man suffering from a stab to his ribs and took him to Jefferson–Einstein Hospital.
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He was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m.
Authorities took a 16-year-old girl into custody, but have not said if charges were filed.
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