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Year in review 2020: News

30 December 2020 Jack Danz, Amelia Winger and Victoria Ayala

From COVID-19 to a presidential election, police brutality protests and Ari Goldstein’s trial, a lot happened this year at Temple.

Shots fired on 18th Street near Oxford

29 November 2020 Amelia Winger

Police found shell casings and a vehicle hit by gunfire at the scene of the incident.

Two men shot on 18th Street near Oxford

28 November 2020 Amelia Winger

Both men were treated at Temple University Hospital after one was shot in the leg and the other was shot in the leg and hand.

Philadelphia Pretzel Factory robbed at gunpoint

28 November 2020 Amelia Winger

An unknown amount of cash was stolen from the Philadelphia Pretzel Factory on Broad Street near Westmoreland, but no one was injured during the robbery.

Students and local groups protest Temple police, campus discrimination

08 July 2020 Colin Evans and Jeremy Elvas

The Temple University Coalition for Change organized a “teach-in” at the Bell Tower on Wednesday that featured speakers from local organizations.

Crime on Temple’s Main Campus declined during fall semester

19 November 2019 Colin Evans

Reports of burglaries and fondling decreased while reports of robberies off campus increased.

Temple student uninjured in armed robbery

18 November 2019 Gabrielle Houck

A female student’s purse was stolen at gunpoint on the 1300 block of Carlisle Street.

Temple student uninjured in armed robbery

28 October 2019 Gabrielle Houck

A man showed a gun and took $20 from the student, police said.

Police respond to shooting, armed robbery in separate incidents near Temple

21 March 2019 Colin Evans

A man threatened a student with a handgun and police discovered a gunshot victim on Tuesday.

Man robs 7-Eleven on Cecil B. Moore Avenue

11 March 2019 Colin Evans

A man threatened the store’s cashier with a handgun after stealing a tobacco product.