Ellie Rushing
Floridian turned Philadelphian. Covering criminal justice issues and gun violence for @Phillyinquirer. DM or email [email protected]. She/her.
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Olney rowhouse raid may be tied to missing women
Investigators have spent the week at Eugene Albert Horsch's home: "We just don't know what he's doing."
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In marking the Fourth, Philly increased the peace
Over what has been a notoriously bloody holiday weekend in recent years, the city saw about half as many shootings as usual.
Police searched Olney home last summer
Drugs — not missing women — were the focus after a small blaze at the crumbling twin now connected to the disappearance of Blair Tonzelli.
Police find ‘significant amount’ of blood at Olney site
Excavation of front and backyards is planned to search for possible human remains.
Olney rowhouse raid may be tied to missing women
Investigators have spent the week at Eugene Albert Horsch's home: "We just don't know what he's doing."
How Pa. justices limited a signature Krasner initiative
Last week’s ruling by the state Supreme Court promises to reshape practices in the DA’s office for years to come.
Krasner’s office rebuked by Pa.’s highest court
In a scathing opinion, the justices said prosecutors had misled judges in trying to get murder convictions reversed.
Haunted by Halloween 2022 killing, family finally gets some answers
A teen shooter's guilty plea brought justice and more sorrow.
Philadelphia officers wounded in shooting
Gunman, a retired firefighter, shot three police officers following an argument late Saturday, sources said.
A graduation day he never got to see
DaJuan Brown, 15, was killed in a mass shooting in 2023. His high school’s ceremony brought his family joy, grief — and an unexpected reunion.
A Philly gunman is found guilty of killing 4 — including his mother
Keith Gibson, 44, who referred to himself as “the Beast,” was sentenced to four consecutive life terms.
Flight attendant met his killers on a dating app, prosecutors say
Amadou Thiam was found bloodied on the pavement outside his South Philly home. He died two days later.
Shapiro asks civil rights agency head to resign
Chad Dion Lassiter plans to leave the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission by June 30.
For Philly police, more drones, little oversight
The aerial devices have quietly become a key law enforcement tool, with less transparency than in other cities.
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Ellie Rushing in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.