Daily News | Police say three home invasions involving students in Temple University neighborhood could be related
Philadelphia police are investigating the possibility that three home invasions near Temple University over the past two weeks were committed by the same suspects, authorities said Tuesday.
The home invasions come amid rising concern among students and faculty about crime near the North Philadelphia campus. Almost a year ago, Templewas killed in an apparent carjacking outside his off-campus residence. In October alone, Temple issued 10 alerts for shots fired, shootings, and armed robberies near campus.
Philadelphia Police said there have been 230 home invasions reported citywide over the past six months. Among The first incident happened around 4:40 a.m. on Nov. 9, police said, when three men broke in through the back of a house on the 1900 block of N. 18th Street, where three 19-year-old women, all Temple students, were inside. Two of the men who broke in had guns, police said, and they stole a backpack, laptop, IDs, and car keys.
Vanore said police had recovered the cars that were stolen in both robberies, and that detectives were processing the cars for evidence. Policeof the suspects from the robbery of 11 people, and Vanore said investigators were continuing to seek additional surveillance footage and other evidence from each of the crimes to see if it can help lead them to identify potential suspects.
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