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ABINGTON, Pa. - Police are searching for the suspects involved in an armed robbery that happened early Tuesday morning in Abington.The incident occurred at approximately 3:30 a.m. at a Wawa store on the 800 block of Old York Road. According to police, the store was robbed by three black males who had been armed with handguns.

PHILADELPHIA - A shooting claimed the life of another teen as Memorial Day gun violence continued overnight in Philadelphia.Police say they found the 16-year-old boy on the 2400 block of Clarion street just after midnight Monday.He was shot one time in the head, and pronounced dead on scene by medics.

(Abington Police Department)ABINGTON, Pa. - A shooting in Abington was apparently triggered by a road rage incident Wednesday morning.Abington Township Police responded to a report of road rage with shots fired at 1575 The Fairway just before 8:30 a.m.According to officials, a delivery driver and someone in another vehicle engaged in an apparent road rage incident, which culminated in a shooting.The victim reported a white van stopped abruptly in front of his delivery vehicle, got out of the van and ‘aggressively’ approached his vehicle.MORE HEADLINES:In the midst of an argument, the driver of the white van pulled a gun and they struggled.The victim was struck in the head with the gun, then the gun went off, grazing the delivery driver in the hip by the bullet, authorities said.The victim was treated at Abington Jefferson Hospital and released.Officials said, police found the van on Rodman Avenue, near Old York Road and arrested the suspect about an hour after the incident. He is identified as 21-year-old Scott Thomas, of Philadelphia.Authorities say Thomas has been charged with Aggravated Assault and related charges.

Gilbert Newton III (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office) ABINGTON, Pa. - An 18-year-old from Philadelphia is facing charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend at the Meadowbrook train station in Abington Township, prosecutors announced Monday nightAccording to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Gilbert Newton III faces first-degree murder and related charges in the homicide of Morgan Darlyn McCaffery, 18, of Abington Township.Abington Township police responded to the train station around 8:15 a.m. Monday and found McCaffery lying in the parking lot next to her running car.

Gilbert Newton III (Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office) ABINGTON, Pa. - An 18-year-old from Philadelphia is facing charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend at the Meadowbrook train station in Abington, prosecutors announced Monday nightAccording to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Gilbert Newton III faces first-degree murder and related charges in the homicide of Morgan Darlyn McCaffery, 18, of Abington Township.Abington Township police responded to the train station around 8:15 a.m. Monday and found McCaffery lying in the parking lot next to her running car.

ABINGTON, Pa. - An 18-year-old female was stabbed to death in Abington Monday morning, officials say.The incident reportedly took place about 8:15 a.m., near the Meadowbrook train station in Abington.Authorities say the teen parked her car off Lindsay Lane and that’s where police found her.