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Passerby Shoots Carjacking Suspect; Trump Denies New Russia Claims; Philly Zoo Aardvark Dies

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/11/17 6:47 pm | updated: 01/11/17 6:56 pm

A passing motorist shot a suspect who carjacked a SEPTA vehicle this morning in West Philadelphia. It all happened just before 11 am at 63rd and Woodbine in the Overbrook neighborhood. The 32-year-old suspect was speeding in his Dodge Charger and crashed into a car in the intersection. That car then hit two others. The suspect then got out of car and first tried to carjack the motorist but was fought off. The motorist and other witnesses then saw him pull the driver out of a SEPTA utility vehicle. The suspect only drove a short distance before crashing the SEPTA vehicle and ran back towards the intersection. The motorist and other bystanders struggled with the suspect to get him down. During the struggle, the motorist's gun fell out. The suspect reached for it, but the owner grabbed it and shot the suspect in the leg. The shooter does have a license to carry. The suspect was taken to Lankenau Medical Center in stable condition. The SEPTA driver was not hurt. No word on any charges.

President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July Wednesday morning. He addressed the unproven claims from a recently released intelligence dossier that Russia has compromising information about him both personal and financial and that he and his aides may also have been personally compromised by the foreign government. Trump denied the reports and said, "It's all fake news, it's phony stuff, it didn't happen." Trump brought attorney Sheri Dillon of Morgan Lewis to the podium to announce that the Trump Organization will continue to pursue deals in the U.S. but that Donald will give up control of the company to his sons and isolate himself from the business. Trump also announced that a replacement for the Affordable Care Act would come "essentially simultaneously" with the repeal of Obamacare.

The Philadelphia Zoo announced today that their beloved male aardvark passed away. 'AJ' was died because of heart failure. He was 28-years-old, the old aardvark in the United States. He was born on November 4, 1988 at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and came to Philly on November 15, 1989. He lived with the with the meerkats in the Small Mammal House. The Zoo's female aardvark, Sunshine, is 12 years old. Aardvarks are native to Sub-Saharan Africa and eat insects with their long

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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | responded: 01/11 6:56 pm

AJ the aardvark, 28-years-old.

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