North Philly shooting leaves four men hospitalized
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North Philly shooting leaves four men hospitalized
A hail of gunfire in North Philadelphia left four men recovering from their wounds at Temple University Hospital Friday night.
At 7:05 p.m., an unidentified man opened fire on the group of men on Dauphin Street near 17th. Chief Inspector Scott Small said a 30-year-old man was shot in his chest and was hospitalized in critical condition.
A 27-year-old man was shot in his right thigh and was listed in stable condition. A 22-year-old man was shot in the right side of his buttocks and was listed in stable condition as well.
And a 21-year-old man was shot in his right calf and was also listed in stable condition, Small said.
Four witnesses were taken to speak with officials in the Central Detective Division after the shooting, and Small said police were gathering information on the description of the suspect.
No arrests were made and police did not have a motive as of 8:30 p.m.
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The crime scenes spread across this city like wildfire...put some pegs in the city map and one could set up a Bingo tournament.— bearsfriend- Must be the partying temple kids that councilman Clarke wants to remove from the area.— streetjustice
- Sure guys. Crack jokes. Laugh. While you do so, four neighbors from my block are in the hospital tonight. I guess it's funnier if you didn't have to dive to your living room floor and hope the bullets weren't going to come through your window.— Reybenn
- Clockin,rockin and blockin. Any reason your neighbors are not cooperating with the police?... — bearsfriend
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- If you had taken a picture of the shooter with your cel phone camera before ducking, there would be something for the cops to use. If it had been a cop beating up a neighbor, there would have been a dozen pictures and videos. That's a big part of the problem. Either the attitude changes, or people will go on dying. — DonQ
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- So many people criticize these people in these neighborhoods, and the crime that goes one in them. But I can guess none of you are volunteers at the community centers, nor are you helping to change the influence of these children who grow to be these adults. Before you talk make sure you lend a hand to try to change. Nothing will change until we all come together and get involved. It takes a village to raise a child, and people with common sense to influence them. Just saying.— NBS
- Take another hit, hold it in for a long tome, and maybe your next comment will be as stupid as your first one. If everyone takes care of their own, then that conversation can take place. — bearsfriend
- You're asking for heroes. The community doesn't need heroes. The community needs regular people who will ID the criminals for the police to arrest. I was a community volunteer for more than 15 years. In that time, the drug gangs lured away more kids from our program than the ones we got to settle down to productive lives. I quit when one of my "kids" got his "gang cred" by committing murder. I knew I could be next. — DonQ
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- bill.atkins: your usual insightful, well-thought out, knuckle-dragging poltical comment. Rush, Sean, and Glenn will be proud!— chuckw
