30-year-old thug accused of shooting Philly cop amid brawls near HS: 'You're a damn adult. You're supposed to know better.'



A 30-year-old male is accused of shooting a 26-year-old Philadelphia police officer amid brawls near a city high school Wednesday — and the police commissioner had harsh words for the suspect.

Dachan Seay is facing multiple counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, reckless endangerment, and other related offenses, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said the following day, WPVI-TV reported.

'I'm asking you to say a prayer for this officer and his family, as well as everyone who puts on that uniform to protect and serve Philadelphia.'

Bethel said several fights were underway outside Overbrook High School in the area of North 59th Street and Columbia Avenue when additional officers were called in, the station said.

Shots rang out around 2:40 p.m., WPVI said. Gunfire is audible on a cellphone video the station added to its report.

The commissioner said an adult armed with a weapon got involved, after which a shot was fired into the ground, and the officer was wounded "under his vest" by the the ricochet, the station said.

He was assigned to the 19th district in March.

The officer — hit by one shot in his stomach — was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he underwent surgery, officials told WPVI. The officer — who is new to the force, having graduating from the academy in 2024 — was recovering as of Thursday morning, officials told the station.

"I'm asking you to say a prayer for this officer and his family, as well as everyone who puts on that uniform to protect and serve Philadelphia," Mayor Cherelle Parker told listeners during a Wednesday news conference, WPVI said.

Bethel added that the officer didn't immediately realize he had been shot, the station said.

WPVI said the commissioner also had pointed words for the suspect: "You're a damn adult. You're supposed to know better. You're supposed to be the one who has to come in here to de-escalate, not escalate."

Sources added to the station that a teenager also was apprehended in connection with the incident.

Far-left Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner told WPVI in a statement that "while this investigation remains open, I want to stress that my office will hold this suspect justly and appropriately accountable for his outrageous actions."

No officers fired their weapons during the incident, the station said, adding that no other injuries were reported.

Philadelphia police data indicates Wednesday's shooting was the sixth police-involved shooting in 2025 and the second time an officer was injured in the line of duty, WPVI noted.

You can view a video report here about the shooting and its aftermath.

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Dave Portnoy trashes ABC reporter over 'ambush' interview: 'I forgot how much I hate f**king journalists'



Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy clashed with an ABC affiliate during an interview about an incident at his bar in Philadelphia.

A video from inside Barstool Sansom Street went viral and showed employees displaying a sign that read "F**k the Jews," which was brought out for customers who had purchased bottle service. This means the sign was requested by a customer and fulfilled by members of the bar staff.

Portnoy responded to the incident in disgust, which should have been expected by employees given that he himself is Jewish. After contemplating whether or not to expose his employees and others involved publicly, Portnoy decided to fire two waitresses and send the customers on a paid trip to Auschwitz in exchange for not condemning them by name.

On Monday morning, Portnoy said he decided to speak with an ABC affiliate from Philadelphia, WPVI, after the outlet allegedly "begged" him to do an interview on the incident. Portnoy said he agreed and, among other claims, alleged that the outlet switched reporters on him and subsequently tried to blame Barstool Sports, and white men in general, for the anti-Jewish sign.

"The reporter tried to say Barstool and I and white men were responsible for the incident," Portnoy wrote on X, alongside a video.

The entrepreneur then included a portion of the interview from his side of the camera, which seemingly picked up after the alleged accusation.

'I'm the journalist. I'm asking you.'

"Here's what I would say is causing that type of environment," Portnoy told the reporter. "All these colleges would let Jewish kids get harassed on campus 24/7. I've been speaking out about this since it started."

Portnoy then asked the ABC reporter where her claim came from.

"First of all, that sounds like a made-up thing. I don't know what that quote is. The society of school. Where are the professors from?"

"I [could] go back and see, if you want to waste time," the unnamed reported replied.

The reporter soon revealed that her claim came from a source at the University of Virginia.

"I totally disagree for what you just said," Portnoy replied. "Who's creating more hate right now in in the world? Would you say Barstool Sports and white men or college campuses?" he asked.

The journalist, seemingly not happy with the role reversal, refused to answer any questions.

"I'm the journalist. I'm asking you," she said.

Portnoy retorted, "Well, I don't play by those rules. What does that mean? You're a journalist? I'm a journalist. I run a big media organization. I just asked you a question. Answer the question."

"You're not running this interview," the ABC reporter replied.

Portnoy then declared the interview was over and closed his laptop.

The video clip then went back to Portnoy in present time, who then said, "F**k ABC. It makes me mad. I forgot how much I hate f**king journalists, this f**king piece of shit."

It is unclear where the journalist's claim originated, exactly.

In 2022, a University of Virginia publication called Iris published an article titled, "5 Things You Should Know About Barstool Sports if You Care About Being a Good Person."

The article referred to Portnoy as sexist and racist and said Barstool Sports published "repugnant" articles.

The post was written by Eryn Rhodes, a student who described herself as "she/her/hers" while studying "History and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies."

In the piece, Rhodes referred to a book called "Sidelined." A Kirkus review of the book stated, "[The author] aims much of her anger at Barstool Sports, the online media company that 'definitely engages in advanced-level trolling.' Some may assume the author is just settling scores, but Barstool has a long reputation of harassment."

Furthermore, an NBC News article from 2019 included quotes from a professor named Lisa Nakamura, who said that Barstool Sports related to young, white men because it casts them as "persecuted ones" who feel disadvantaged and therefore see the platform as a safe space to voice offensive opinions.

However, Nakamura was a professor at the University of Michigan, Portnoy's alma mater, not the University of Virginia.

As well, a student from Temple University was reportedly suspended as a result of the sign incident at the bar.

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Fistfight between 2 boys ends when 45-year-old relative of one boy shoots the other kid — a 13-year-old — and runs away: Cops



During a fistfight between two boys in Philadelphia on Thursday evening, police said an adult family member of one of the boys emerged from a house, shot the other boy twice, and fled from the scene.

Police told WPVI-TV a 13-year-old boy was shot twice in the stomach around 6:40 p.m. at 57th Street and Kingsessing Avenue.

'The adult should haven been de-escalating the situation. Not taking it [to] another level.'

The shooting victim was taken to an area hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, police added to the station.

The suspect "appears to be a 45-year-old male," police Inspector Michael Gormley told WPVI.

"As the fight transpired, the family member of the other participant in that fight came out of that house and shot our complainant, and that person has fled the scene," Gormley added to the station.

WPVI said police throughout the evening were in and out of a home on the corner where they say one of the boys and the adult shooting suspect lived. Police found three spent shell casings at the scene, WTXF-TV reported.

Gormley added to WPVI that police were "trying to locate" the 45-year-old accused shooter.

Police said the shooting suspect and his juvenile relative who took part in the fight both know the shooting victim, WTXF said.

Those with information about the case are asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS, WPVI said.

You can view a video report here about the incident.

How are people reacting?

Commenters under WPVI's Facebook post about the shooting were disturbed by it.

  • "The adult should haven been de-escalating the situation. Not taking it [to] another level," one commenter wrote.
  • "This world is f**ked up," another user declared.
  • "Wow crazy," another commenter said.
  • "Not taking sides, but the best thing to do is to just keep your hands off other people!" another user suggested. "Teach them that. Bad things can (and usually do) happen otherwise. Talk it out ... Be a peacemaker."

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Homeowner in his 60s confronts male tampering with door — then male breaks through it, cops say. But homeowner has a gun.



A Philadelphia homeowner in his 60s confronted a male tampering with his front door last Monday night — and when the intruder broke through the door, the armed homeowner fatally shot the male, police told WPVI-TV.

The station said police could be seen examining the door of the home in the 1000 block of Cobbs Creek Parkway near Cedarhurst in the southwest part of the city as they collected evidence following the incident.

'After breaking into the doors and being confronted by the homeowner, that's when the homeowner fired one shot.'

Only the husband and wife — both of whom are in their 60s — were home when the incident unfolded around 11 p.m., WPVI said.

"The homeowners who were in the house at the time, they saw on their Ring camera that somebody was tampering with the front door," Chief Inspector Scott Small with the Philadelphia Police Department told the station.

Police added to the station that the husband confronted the male, who then broke in through the front doors, WPVI noted.

When police arrived, they found the male bleeding after being shot, the station said, adding that he later died at a nearby hospital.

"After breaking into the doors and being confronted by the homeowner, that's when the homeowner fired one shot, striking the 64-year-old who has just broken into the house, and he collapsed right inside of the enclosed front porch," Small also told WPVI. "That's where police found him."

Investigators noted to the station that they found fresh damage to the wooden doors and a Ring camera pulled from the wall. Police also told WPVI the male was homeless.

Police told WXTF-TV that the homeowner and his wife are cooperating with authorities and that the couple didn't know the suspect. Police on Tuesday told the Philadelphia Inquirer that investigators would present the facts of the case to the District Attorney’s Office for “possible charging.”

You can view a video report here about the incident.

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