Man shot near South Street
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot on Gaskill Street near 4th in Society Hill Monday night, police said.
Man shot near South Street
A man was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot on Gaskill Street near 4th in Society Hill Monday night, police said.
The man was shot twice in his back just after 11p.m. and was taken to Jefferson University Hospital where he was undergoing surgery around midnight. Police were unsure of the victim's age.
The shooter's motive was unclear, but cops said the incident may have been a robbery or drug related.
Police found the victim's hat, an undisclosed amount of cash and blunt wrappers next to an overturned bicycle on the corner.
Police remained on the scene early Tuesday morning searching for evidence and interviewing neighbors and employees at nearby businesses over the sound of laughter and music piping from nearby South Street.
Officers chastised several neighbors for stepping over the yellow crime scene tape blocking 4th Street - and argued with a man who demanded that an officer pass him his bicycle, which was one of four that were chained to poles within the crime scene.
Places to avoid-south street and northern libs.— Bill E. Penn
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- Philadelphia the City that loves you back!!— chesterfield
- Dang Tea Partiers and Temple students!— Disco Dave
- The rule of law has broken down in Kiladelphia, the Mayor and Police chief are failures at their jobs, step down.— Castaliadelphia
- I would like to help the police find the guy that did this. Can we get a description?— richhud
- Sylvester Johnson is an over-paid epic failure. Put cameras everywhere like in Chicago! It may not stop crime, but it's pretty hard not to get caught.— knicks84
- Did you just wake up from a four year nap? Sylvester Johnson is history. We have an even worse commish now, Charles Ramsey. — DonQ
- This is hilarious. Not only has Johnson been gone for years but Chicago has even more crime than Philadelphia. Fifty (50) people were shot in just the last week in Chi-town. If that's what cameras do for a city ...let's not — cocoboston
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- I got kicked in the South Street once, hurt really fierce.— J H
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