Pregnant woman, three men hospitalized in S. Philadelphia shooting

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Four people -- including a woman who police said is seven months pregnant -- were wounded in a hail of gunfire on a street in South Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Shots rang out on Etting Street between Reed and Dickinson around 9:14 p.m., police said.

The pregnant woman, who is 29 years old, was hit in her right leg and her 31-year-old brother was hit in his left leg. A 22-year-old man was hit in his upper right shoulder, according to investigators, and a 24-year-old man was hit in the torso.

All the victims were rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where the 24-year-old man was in critical condition and the other victims were stable as of midnight.

Nine .357-caliber shell casings were found at the scene, cops said, and several neighbors who were sitting on their porches when police arrived told investigators that they heard the shots but didn't see anything.

A corner store at 27th and Reed streets has a surveillance camera, police said, and they were looking into the possibility that it may have captured part of the shooting.

Police described the shooter as a black man with dreadlocks who fled on a royal blue and black racing motorcycle. He wore a white T-shirt, black vest and jeans and was last seen heading north on 27th Street.

Police were unsure of the shooter's motive, but were investigating whether one of the victims was targeted.

A couple who live on the block and gave their names only as Michelle and Khalil sat on their front porch watching police in the immediate aftermath of the quadruple shooting.

They said they were inside when they heard more than 10 shots ring out.

The pair gasped when they learned that four people had been shot.

"Four people, man," the woman said, shaking her head. "You can't even sit on your step with your kids anymore. I don't understand how people do this sh-t and get away with it."

While they were talking, two of their young children, ages 3 and 5, joined them on the porch.

"I heard the gunshots," a young boy said, making the shape of a gun with his thumb and forefinger. "It was like, 'Bang, bang, bang.'"

Michelle shook her head. She said they plan to move out of the neighborhood this summer.

She added that the family's Grays Ferry neighborhood has gotten so bad that whenever she hears gunfire, she runs outside to make sure her 15-year-old son hasn't fallen victim to the violence.

When a 21-year-old man was shot and killed in a Chinese takeout around the corner at 27th and Dickinson streets on March 24, Michelle said she heard the shots and ran to the store, fearing the worst.

"That's the first time I saw someone lying on the ground," she said.

"It's only gonna get worse," she added. "We're gonna be out of here this summer, even though it happens everywhere, but not like down here."

On April 20, Clarice Douglas, 45, was shot and killed in the crossfire on Corlies Street near Dickinson, about three blocks from Tuesday night's quadruple shooting. She was an innocent bystander.