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Sunday, February 19, 2012

A young woman is dead and three other people remain in critical condition following a domestic shooting at a Chester take-out restaurant early this morning, according to police.

Around 3 a.m., cops were called to J & S Seafood at the intersection of 9th and Kerlin streets for multiple gunshot victims. Upon arrival, police found a 22-year-old woman dead in the parking lot next to a vehicle with bullet holes in it.

A second woman in her 20s and a 24-year-old man were also found with multiple gunshot wounds to their torsos. Both were transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where they remain in critical condition, according to Police Commissioner Joseph Bail Jr.

The man believed to be the shooter was found behind the restaurant with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Bail said. That man was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he remains in critical condition under police guard.

The motive for the shooting appears to be a domestic argument, but the nature of that argument remains under investigation, according to police. Authorities have not yet released the name of the victims or the suspect.

Bail said J & S Seafood is a well known late-night hang out in Chester that's become a problem establishment. Since 2001, police have responded to the take-out restaurant 59 times, including three times for murders, Bail said.

Posted by Stephanie Farr @ 1:26 PM  Permalink | 25 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:36 PM, 02/19/2012
    I cant imagine why a business would not want to come to Chester. What is the reason why Chester is so violent again?
    Black Label Society
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:55 PM, 02/19/2012
    It looks like if you visit J&S Seafood, you might sleep with the fishes.
    TyroneShoes
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:50 PM, 02/19/2012
    You can always count on Philly.com to allow comments when Blacks commit crimes but not when Whites do
    sbdons1982
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:23 PM, 02/19/2012
    Oh sbdons you stupid ignorant racist
    ignorantphillydem
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:28 PM, 02/19/2012
    @sbdons1982 - As far as I can tell they don't even reference the criminals/victims race. Are you assuming they are black? Aren't you stereotyping?
    jbruder02
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:29 PM, 02/19/2012
    I don't think that J&S Seafood is the problem.
    RufusG
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:36 PM, 02/19/2012
    Canadians.
    Marcfromphilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:38 PM, 02/19/2012
    Because the drug business is the only place some young men can earn. It's a port city. Until we export something from Chester, the only import will be murder.
    Yodude2
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:39 PM, 02/19/2012
    I blame the republican party
    Mayfairnomo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:02 PM, 02/19/2012
    sbdons1982, you have inside information, or just assuming the 'race' of the murder based on probability?
    Jean Valjean


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William Bender works in Philly but lives in Delaware County, where he doesn’t have to worry about being stopped and frisked. Bill has an unhealthy fireworks obsession and thinks most laws are unconstitutional. E-mail tips to benderw@phillynews.com or call Bill at 215-964-2099. Follow him on Twitter: @wbender99

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Stephanie Farr graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2004 and moved to Delaware County in 2007, when she took a job with the Daily News after several years as a reporter in Central Pennsylvania. She’s covered Delco murderers, embezzlers and Viagra thieves. She has found what her wise colleague once told her to be true: You can meet someone from Delaware County anywhere you go in America. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com or call Stephanie at 215-854-4225.