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St. Leo the Great Church in Tacony Destroyed by Fire; Deadly Shootings; 12yo Dies in I-95 Accident

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/09/21 11:37 pm | updated: 05/09/21 11:37 pm

A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a historic church in Philadelphia's Tacony section on Sunday afternoon, 5/9. It started around 5:30 p.m. at St. Leo the Great Roman Catholic Church on the 6600 block of Keystone Street near Unruh Ave. Fire crews arrived to heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof. More than a 100 firefighters were on scene. The fire was brought under control by 7 p.m., but the structure could not be saved. Only a shell of the former place of worship remains. St. Leo's was built in 1884. The parish merged with Our Lady of Consolation parish in 2013 and this church building became a worship site. It was permanently closed in 2019. The church building had been placed on the historic register. There were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

SEE: St. Leo the Great Historic Register

Breaking: St. Leoâ€™s Roman Catholic Church in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia is on fire. The church closed in 2019. (Video via Citizen) pic.twitter.com/PsEbHbKrGW
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) May 9, 2021

2 alarm fire at St. Leoâ€™s Church in Tacony. Phila fire officials say no injuries. @6abc pic.twitter.com/lu8l0CH6d5
— Trish Hartman (@TrishHartman) May 9, 2021

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— Fernando Canales F (@FerCanalesF) May 10, 2021

One person is dead and two are injured after a triple shooting in North Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon, 5/9. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. near North 21st and West Cambria Streets. The three victims were found inside a light blue Nissan. A male between the ages of 17 and 18 was shot once in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. A 19-year-old man was shot 8 times in the torso. He was taken to Temple University Hospital in extremely critical condition. An 18-year-old man was shot in the left arm and taken to a hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made.

Two people were killed and three others injured in a quintuple shooting in Olney later Sunday afternoon, 5/9. It happened just before 4:30 p.m. on the 100 block of Albanus Street. A 17-year-old man and a 23-year-old man were both shot multiple times. They were pronounced dead at the scene. A 21-year-old man and two 22-year-old men were injured in the shooting. They went to Albert Einstein Medical Center in stable condition.

A 12-year-old girl was killed and 6 others were injured when the vehicle they were traveling in flipped over on I-95 in Delaware County on Saturday morning, 5/8. It happened in the northbound lanes of I-95 near Exit 9 in Tinicum Township. The driver of the minivan, 27-year-old Cynthia Yvette Rodriguez of Woodlyn, lost control of the vehicle. It flipped over and slid about 200 yards before stopping. The 12yo and Rodriguez were thrown from the vehicle. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Rodriguez was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in critical condition. A 34-year-old woman, 10-year-old child, 9-year-old child, 6-year-old child, and 2-month-old child were also taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center for non life-threatening injuries. They had to be extricated from the car.

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