Philadelphia Records 6 Weekend Killings as 2026 Homicides Still Fall to 108

2 articles · Updated · The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 10

Six people were killed and at least two others wounded across Philadelphia from Friday morning to late Sunday, with five victims shot and one stabbed.
108 homicides have been recorded in the city so far this year—29 fewer than at the same point in 2025—prompting District Attorney Larry Krasner to argue the deadly weekend has not reversed a broader decline.
Sunday night accounted for half the deaths: a fatal stabbing in Logan, the shooting of 26-year-old DaJuan Coffee in East Kensington, and the killing of 61-year-old Michelle Wilson on a Strawberry Mansion porch, where her husband was also shot and survived.
No arrests have been made in any of the six cases, though police said a 16-year-old is wanted in Friday's killing of 31-year-old Savion Young after an argument outside a North Philadelphia apartment.
The violence jarred a city coming off 222 homicides in 2025—its lowest annual total in nearly 60 years—as officials announced new grants for more than 20 anti-violence groups.