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Thursday, April 23, 2009

1 dead, 3 hurt in shootings overnight

While my esteemed partner, David Gambacorta, was off enjoying a much-needed reprieve, I was left to man the ship. But what a night he chose to take off! Four people were gunshot victims, one of whom died from his wounds.

Story below:

One person is dead and three people are wounded in four separate shootings in the city last night. A 20-year-old man, who was not identified, was shot dead on Bouvier Street near Elston, in West Oak Lane, about 9 p.m., police said.
The man was shot once in the chest and was transported to the Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead about 20 minutes later. No weapon was recovered and police reported no motive or arrests.
Another man is in stable condition at Jefferson Hospital after being shot in South Philadelphia at 7:30p.m. An unknown assailant opened fire on him at 8th Street and Snyder Avenue, police said. Police reported no motive or arrests in the shooting. Around the same time, another shooting was taking place at 9th and Wolf streets in South Philly, in which a man was critically wounded, police said.

In yet another South Philly shooting, on 9th and Emily streets, police said a 15-year-old boy was shot once in the left side of the head about 6:30 p.m. He was taken to Jefferson Hospital where he’s listed in critical condition. Police believe the shootings are unrelated.

Know anything about these shootings or the identity of the perps? Call 215-686-TIPS or dial 911.
Posted by Dafney Tales @ 11:00 PM  Permalink | 10 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:43 AM, 04/24/2009
    Cesspool.
    — JingoGuy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:11 AM, 04/24/2009
    Thank you for covering these shootings.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:39 AM, 04/25/2009
    OK remucho what do you suggest? make bush and cheney our mayor and deputy,
    — wiseoldowl
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:03 AM, 04/25/2009
    wiseoldowl...your hate is just as bad....your blinded by it and that is not health...Bush and Cheney...give me a break you moron
    — phillysmart
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:39 PM, 04/25/2009
    Once again four shootings only one Dead....Aim better my brothers.....They shoot as well as Dafneys writing skills as Jimmy Madison has pointed out so well....but after all it is the Daily News....I guess the editors took the night off also.
    — tacony50
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:39 PM, 04/26/2009
    crime does not pay lets talk about catching criminals.
    — suzette
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:40 PM, 04/26/2009
    Run my comment you liberal rag!
    — suzette


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About The PhillyConfidential team

Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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