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Monday, August 17, 2009

Two teens wounded in SW Philly shootings

Two teens were wounded in separate shootings by the same gunman in Southwest Philly earlier tonight, police said.

The first incident occurred about 8:20 p.m., when a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg on a playground at 61st Street and Baltimore Avenue, said Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives. The victim had argued with the shooter, who is believed to be 16, about a basketball game, Walker said.

About an hour later, the same triggerman shot an 18-year-old boy in the leg at 53rd and Hadfield streets. Both victims, who are friends, were listed in stable condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Walker said the shooter is a light-skinned black teen, 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9, and used a bicycle to escape the crime scenes. Tipsters can call 215-686-3183.

 

 
Posted by David Gambacorta @ 11:25 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:01 AM, 08/18/2009
    you guys really oughta do a full piece about the war in southwest.
    — brendancalling
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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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