Man stabbed in Center City underground complex
Blood-soaked towels covered the floor of Hair Express in the concourse level of the Mellon Center complex today, after a customer's husband stumbled in to the salon after being stabbed six times in a public restroom around the corner shortly before 11 a.m.
Man stabbed in Center City underground complex
Blood-soaked towels covered the floor of Hair Express in the concourse level of the Mellon Center complex today, after a customer's husband stumbled in to the salon after being stabbed six times in a public restroom around the corner shortly before 11 a.m.
Police have the man in custody who allegedly stabbed Ben Davis, 64, during a robbery at the underground complex, on Market Street near 7th near the Gallery mall. Davis, who was identified by salon employees, remains in critical condition at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Every other week, Ben Davis sits listening to the piano and drinking coffee in the concourse while his wife, Sandy, gets her hair done, stylist Ren'ee DeSanto said.
"He came around the corner staggering and bleeding from his head," DeSanto said. "He said he was robbed and that was it. He slumped down in this chair."
DeSanto said Davis' wife ran to his side while she called 911. Police said Davis was stabbed in his chest, neck and back.
A woman who works in the complex said despite the clean appearances of the restrooms where Davis was stabbed, they are plagued with drug use and sex. An operations manager said the restrooms would remain closed for the rest of the day.
Time to lock all of those concourse level restrooms?— anon- That's an idea, but it won't help. I doubt anything will at this point. The low-lifes will just find another place to commit their crimes. Just stay out of the restrooms, unless there is a police officer sitting by the sinks, handing out towels and selling sprays of cologne.
— mccarte1 
Don't use the restrooms! This isn't the first time I've heard of somebody being attacked in restrooms near the Gallery. Wasn't some 84 year-old man attacked a few years ago by a group of thugs?- crime near the Gallery? I am shocked.........— rukiddinme
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this is nuts...— dexter55- Unfortunately the City does more to protect the rights of these criminals to wander about the concorse stalking innocent victims. We need to get more of the police off their desk jobs and assign the paperwork duty to non-police employees (clerks).— equalityman
- Use the restrooms, just don't try to buy drugs or have sex in them.— FMT
Not only 4-legged varmint live in the lower concourses. Another example of the need for more police presence and foot patrols.— dogman5
It's so rough and dangerous down there even the police are afraid to patrol. They do, however, put up the yellow tape quickly and efficiently and fill out all the paperwork requested by the coroner.- There are STEADY police patrols of the concourse, both by Philadelphia Police AND SEPTA police. Actually take a walk through there sometime and you will see them all over. Police presence will NEVER prevent crime from happening as they cannot be everywhere at all times.
Why do you think they caught the guy so fast? Use your brain while commenting please, you make us all look bad.— DangDemocrats - His wife needs to find a new hairdresser. Who in their right mind would be anywhere near the Gallery?— BobbyD
- restrooms...plagued with drug use and sex...now it's a party!— rubberguard
- And the philly police want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring the mounted police unit back - police on horses - what a waste of taxpayer money.— Luv3Dance
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