Coatesville police seek man wanted in shooting

COATESVILLE — City police are looking for a man they say shot and gravely wounded another man Saturday evening on West Harmony Street. Police responded to the 300 block of West Harmony Street, at the report of a shooting. There they found the victim, a man in his 30s, suffering from a “life threatening” gun shot wound. The victim was transported to Paoli Hospital.   ...

Coatesville murder victim IDd

COATESVILLE — Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in the city last week, a man found shot to death in the behind a Diamond Alley home. Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said that victim was Alex Hartzell, 24, from Pottstown. Hartzell died of multiple gunshot wounds.    Send article as PDF   

Teen shot in Coatesville

COATESVILLE — Police are investigating another shooting in vicinity of East Diamond Street, a city teen was struck in the leg in the early morning hours, Sunday, just two days after a man was found shot to death in the neighborhood. Police said witnesses told them that the 17-year-old was being assaulted by a “large group” of juveniles in the area of North 7th Street and East Diamond...

Coatesville police seek clues in fatal shooting

COATESVILLE — City police are asking the public for help after a man was found shot to death Friday morning in the back yard of a home in the 600 block of East Diamond Street. Police had few details on the incident — beyond describing the victim as a white male who was discovered dead from multiple gun shot wounds. Police had been called to the scene on a report of shots fired.   ...

Suspected Coatesville shooter turns himself in

Alfred Hogue COATESVILLE — Alfred Hogue, sought in relation to a shooting on Coates Street on June 13, turned himself in to city police Wednesday. He was arraigned by District Justice Grover Koon and remanded to Chester County Prison in lieu of $500,000 bail.     Send article as PDF   

Man sought in newest Coatesville shooting

Dashawn London COATESVILLE — Police are seeking whereabouts of Dashawn London whom authorities say shot another city man last week through his Olive Street front door. The was the second shooting incident in the city this week. A city man, Jay Jackson, was shot in the leg following a dispute on June 13. It is the third shooting in less than a month, as three men were wounded by an exchange of gun...

Two sought in Coatesville shooting

Alfred Hogue, left and Kervin Crawford are being sought by Coatesville Police in relation to a shooting early Monday on Coates Street. COATESVILLE — Police are seeking two men believed to have been involved in the shooting of a teen early Monday on Coates Street. Jay Jackson, 19, was apparently shot in the leg following a dispute with two men sometime around 2 a.m. Monday. Police responded to the...

Coatesville man slain in Lancaster

CHRISTIANA — A Coatesville man was shot to death Friday, following an altercation. State Police said that Julius Dale, 26, was shot to death following a dispute with a Christiana man, Lucas Newman, a little after 6 p.m. Friday evening. Newman was ultimately taken into custody and faces charges related to the incident — but officials said they were waiting for toxicology reports before determining...

Police: man emptied gun into E. Caln home

No injuries; police say man was trying to intimidate child victim in abuse case By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Douglas Kohen EAST CALN — A township man is charged with firing a gun six times into a house in an apparent attempt to intimidate a child witness against him in a pending child abuse case, Sunday. Douglas Kohen, 62, is charged with firing six rounds into a West Goshen home, where a...

Coatesville police investigate shooting

COATESVILLE — City police are seeking information about a shooting Monday that left one man in intensive care at a local hospital. According to police, they were called to the 600 block of Victory Drive, the Regency Park Apartments, with a report of a shooting. There they found a 25 year old man, Jamil Battle, who was shot once in the lower back, Battle was transported to Paoli Hospital, where he...