crime – Temple Update

Protect The Nest Safety Walk-Out

Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:12:06 +0000

Some students and activists say they are fed up with what they say is negligence from the university regarding campus safety. These students expressed their concern at the Protect the Nest Safety Walk-Out on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Keep Us Safe TU, student-led movement, strives to hold Temple accountable for its lack of transparency on crime, They organized the walk-out after they said…

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Temple University Police Officer Killed

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:51:35 +0000

Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was shot and killed on Saturday Night. The shooting happened on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue shortly after 7 p.m. Police say it started when officer Fitzgerald who, was alone at the time, saw three men in masks in an area where there had been a series of robberies and carjackings. Police say Fitzgerald then tried to conduct a…

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University Response to Recent Home Invasion

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:37:46 +0000

Dear Temple Community: Early this morning, Temple students were robbed at gunpoint at an off-campus property outside of the university’s patrol zone in the 1300 block of North 15th Street. Thankfully, no one was reported hurt or injured and the Philadelphia Police Department is conducting an investigation. Violence against one of us affects all of us. Any incident affecting a member of…

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Philadelphia Carjackings on Record Pace

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:12:54 +0000

This year has only just begun, however the first couple of months of 2022 has brought some very concerning crime numbers. So far this year, there have been over 140 reported carjackings in the city of Philadelphia. Compare this number to the 244 reported carjackings for the entire year of 2019, and this number becomes startling. If the pace of carjacking crimes remains as it is so…

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Students Impacted by Rise in Car Crimes

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 01:19:39 +0000

Many Temple students use street parking in and around campus as a cheap and easy alternative to the on-campus parking options. However, on-street parking comes at a risk for car owners. No one knows this more than Junior Economics major, Max Bunn. He parked his car by the corner of 16th and Norris street, just a few blocks away from campus, and it was broken into. “There was a cinder…

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Bucks Man Arrested After Temple Threats

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:47:53 +0000

A resident of Bucks County was arrested last weeks following threats made against Temple University. Police say that 29-year-old Patrick Buhler was arrested on charges of harassment and making terroristic threats following an incident at a Walmart in Levittown. According to police and witnesses, Buhler, while buying a rifle and bullets, made comments of a violent nature about the university.

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Shooting at UNCC Leaves Two Dead

Wed, 01 May 2019 20:24:24 +0000

A shooting at University of North Carolina at Charlotte has left two dead and 4 wounded after a perpetrator opened fire on the university yesterday, April 30th. The gunman entered a liberal arts classroom with a handgun shortly before opening fire on students in the class. The campus quickly went on lock down, with university officials tweeting that students should “Run, Hide, Fight.

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At Least 49 Dead Following Multiple Shootings in New Zealand Mosques

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:13:40 +0000

At least 49 people have died and roughly 50 are injured following two shootings in mosques in the New Zealand town of Christchurch today. In what appears to have been a coordinated and planned attack, gunmen entered two mosques in the New Zealand city and began opening fire on worshippers, including many children. At least one of the shooters streamed the event via their Facebook profile…

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Bill Cosby to be Sentenced in September

Tue, 15 May 2018 20:34:50 +0000

While the guilty verdict in the high profile Bill Cosby has been rendered, the 80 year old comedian and Temple alumni is awaiting his fate, which will be decided on September 24th. Cosby was found guilty last month of three counts of indecent assault by a jury in a retrial that had been roughly a year and a half in the making. Among the women Cosby is charged with assaulting is former Temple…

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Temple Student Found Dead in Off Campus Apartment

Sun, 06 May 2018 17:35:17 +0000

Temple officials notified the community today of the death of Daniel Duignam, a third-year business student in the FOX School of Business. Duignam was found dead in his apartment on the 1700 block of Diamond at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday night. The cause of death was ruled to have been multiple gunshot wounds. Temple Police sent out a TU alert Saturday night warning students to avoid the…

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