Nutter won't let 'a--hole' shooter stain city's image
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Nutter won't let 'a--hole' shooter stain city's image
Jan Ransom
Mayor Nutter called this year’s Wawa Welcome America festivities an “overall resounding success for the city,” during a press conference in City Hall today, despite a double shooting near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Chaos erupted near the Parkway yesterday after a 16 year-old boy shot a 17 year-old boy and a 19 year-old man. The shooting stemmed from a neighborhood dispute. Nutter said he wouldn't let the shooting stain the city’s image.
“I’m not gonna let some little asshole 16 year-old who had a beef with somebody a month ago up in Germantown negatively impact the image of the city,” he said, adding that most of the 500,000 people enjoying the festivities yesterday were unaware the shooting occurred.
“This is about personal responsibility and personal behavior,” Nutter said.
There were a total of nine arrests which included the 16 year-old shooter. The other arrests were for disorderly conduct and carrying a BB gun.
Too bad but we all know it will impact the image of the city. Tough words but once again, we will not see any action.— OldCityJoe- Hey Joe, what sort of 'action' do you propose? Just wondering what, specifically, would 1. remedy this specific incident 2. prevent it from happening in the future, and 3. positively impact the city's image. I think we all would really like to hear you out on this... — HokieMon
- So what are you going to do about it Mr Mayor?— BarryG
- he will support the ahole DAs decision to cut a deal— ALB328
500,000? I hear the hotels have been empty all week.- "Nutter said he wouldn't let the shooting stain the city’s image."
What image, Center City!!! While the surrounding neighborhoods are burning down, or being shoot-up by the wild-west mentality that's destroying the city!!! COME BACK TO REALITY MAYOR!!!— Dadair1 
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- We don't need more gun control. We need LESS. Give 'em all guns and they'lleventually kill themselves. Problem solved. — jverlin
- The national image of this city is already dismal. These "little a**holes" are the future. And don' think it's going to change anytime soon. Ongoing disgrace.— ant8817
- Why did Philly.com close the comment section after the main article about this fiasco? Censorship is alive and well from our friends at the local rag.— Repubrebirth
three words for the Philadelphia Police Dept.: shoot to kill— barry m goldwater- How about addressing the real issue - complete lack of parental responsibility.— dontavoidtheobvious
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- Nothing can be done. Just avoid it.— 215PhillySean
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David Gambacorta spent a small eternity writing about cops, drug dealers and serial killers. Now he’s writing about power and politics – which sometimes reminds him of the old crime beat. He joined the Daily News in 2005. And yes, he knows you’re not quite sure how to pronounce his last name. E-mail tips to gambacd@phillynews.com
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Jan Ransom, a native New Yorker, joined the Daily News in 2010 after graduating from Howard University. She has since written about the difficulty of filing police complaints, tax deadbeats and life after violent home invasions. She joined the Daily News City Hall Bureau in 2011 and has plunged headfirst into reporting on administration budget battles and City Council shenanigans. E-mail tips to ransomj@phillynews.com
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Sean Collins Walsh is from Bucks County and went to Northwestern University. He joined the Daily News copy desk in 2012 and now covers the Nutter administration. Before that, he interned at papers including The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and The Seattle Times. E-mail tips to walshSE@phillynews.com
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