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Friday, July 17, 2009

Pregnant woman shot in W. Philly

A pregnant woman was shot and critically wounded in West Philadelphia earlier tonight.

The woman, believed to be in her early 20s, was caught in the crossfire of a shootout between two men at 55th and Christian streets shortly before 10 p.m., said Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives.

Walker said the woman was wounded once in the chest. She was admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Police were unsure how far along the woman’s pregnancy is.

It appeared neither of the gunmen were wounded, Walker said. Investigators didn’t know what prompted the exchange of gunfire.

There were no descriptions of the shooters. Detectives canvassed the neighborhood last night to interview potential witnesses, Walker said.

Tipsters can contact Southwest Detectives at 215-686-3183 or-3184.
Posted by David Gambacorta @ 11:37 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:12 AM, 07/18/2009
    I hope that the police are flooded with calls and pray for the health of mother and child.
    — Fernando08
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:01 PM, 07/18/2009
    Thank heavens for universal health care.
    — phillygwm


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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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