Cops: 12-year-old girl shot in Darby by 'moron'
A young girl who got caught in between two feuding families in Darby this afternoon was shot in the hip but is expected to survive, said Darby Police Chief Robert Smythe.
Cops: 12-year-old girl shot in Darby by 'moron'
Stephanie Farr
Update: Police say Joshua Singleton, 22, and Lynette Crawford, 22, both from Darby, are now in custody.
A young girl who got caught in between two feuding families in Darby Sunday afternoon was shot in the hip but is expected to survive, said Darby Police Chief Robert Smythe.
“She was a perfectly innocent citizen and this moron took a gun out and started shooting,” said Smythe.
Shortly before 3 p.m., a man on one side of two groups who had been arguing on Forrester Street near 10th pulled out a gun as he was getting in to his car and fired two shots, Smythe said.
One of the bullets hit the 12-year-old girl in the hip, according to police. She was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where she was listed in stable condition.
Police have identified two “persons of interest” in the case as Joshua Singleton, 22, and Lynette Crawford, 35, who live together on Summit Street, where police executed a search warrant Sunday, Smythe said. At the house, police said they found marijuana on the front porch and two pit bulls inside that were taken in to custody by animal control.
Hope they catch this 'moron' soon he deserves to be shot my the little girl's family.— RichH- I hope when the Darby police catch up with this garbage, they mistake a cell phone or something in the guy's hand for a gun and put a few hundred holes in the creep. It will save taxpayers money.— drbob1
- likely it's a cop shooting wildly.
Do you promote the idea of shooting cops to save taxpayer dollars?— kpryan 
Comment removed.- I think the Darby Police Chief singled out this individual for using a firearm in an irresponsible manner. Not the way to solve an argument between neighbors. One of mine (neighbors) is grilling me some chicken right now :D! Happy Memorial Day all - but remember those who serve & died for our country - peace out...— highfive
- According to Chief Ramsey, most shootings in Philly have little to do with jobs, drugs or the economy, but are the result of petty, stupid arguments.— Jean Valjean
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- Jobs & Economy... both are true. After all, the Philly cops have good paying jobs (whether or not they are on drugs is more difficult to determine).
And cops are famous for shooting people, whether or not the cops are working and in uniform at the time.
So Ramsey is slowly edging in on the truth. Though when it finally slaps him in his face, he's liable to not want to admit the truth.— kpryan - Man you really hate cops don't you. Whats the metter, they haven't been letting you "keep it real"? — towelie
- The shooter remains on the loose...A fine example of the "don't snitch" policy !!— TheRealDeal
- Don't say he was a moron, now he can use that in his defense. He was too dumb therefore he's not responsible for his actions. Remember this is the USA, nobody is ever responsible for what they do (in a bad way).— neddyflanders
- Only a slime ball coward brings a weapon to a Memorial Day Bar B Que instead of prize winning "Tata Salad"— Dexter
- A name or a description of the shooter would be nice or are we just suppose to look for someone with moron tattooed on his forehead.— phantom
- DarnelC: Exactly. Civilians shouldn't carry handguns, period. I don't give a tinker's curse for Second Amendment or self-defense arguments. These are shabby covers for people who don't like their fellow men.— Dave Clemens
