Overview
- Police say a 28-year-old stabbed his 61-year-old father during an argument at a home on the 600 block of West Wingohocking Street in Hunting Park.
- Officers found the victim on a porch with multiple neck wounds and took him to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- The victim’s 28-year-old son was taken into custody without incident as the investigation continues.
- In a separate West Philadelphia case, police say a woman was found stabbed multiple times inside a rooming house on the 5500 block of West Girard Avenue and died at the scene.
- No arrest has been announced in the West Philadelphia homicide, and police have not released the victims’ names in either case.