A 25-year-old man, who was shot in his South Philadelphia home early yesterday as he lay sleeping next to his girlfriend and 3-year-old daughter, was one of four victims of violent crime this weekend among those critically injured in four violent crimes this weekend. Three other people in other cases died from their injuries — one after being beaten by a one-time friend and the other who was shot after attempting an armed robbery of a victim who was carrying his own gun. About 4:30 a.m. yesterday, police said, an unknown number of people kicked down the back door to a house on Pierce Street near 17th and shot the 25-year-old resident and a 19-year-old unidentified male friend in his house, said Det. John Ruth, of South Detectives.
The woman and child sharing a bed with the resident escaped unharmed, he said. The 19-year-old male, who was wounded in the stomach and buttocks, remains in intensive care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The 25-year-old victim, shot in his leg and buttocks, was in surgery last night at HUP. Police said they have been unable to interview either victim because of ongoing medical treatment, but the home did not appear to be otherwise ransacked. A firearm, believed to belong to the resident, was found in the upstairs bedroom where he was shot, Ruth said. Just hours earlier, about 1:15 a.m. on 52nd Street near Florence Avenue, in the Kingsessing section, three men were approached by two armed, 17-year-old males who attempted to rob them, Homicide Sgt. Tim Cooney said.
One of the victims, who had a permit to carry his own, concealed weapon, pulled a gun on his teen attackers — shooting one twice in the chest and the other two times in the arm, Cooney said. The young man shot in the chest was taken to HUP, where he was pronounced dead at 1:55 a.m. His accomplice remains at the same hospital in stable condition, police said. Homicide and Southwest detectives are working together to determine if the duo was involved in previous robberies.
Cooney said the District Attorney’s Office will review the case, but as of now, the victim who shot his alleged robbers isn’t facing charges. In Grays Ferry on Saturday night, an Allentown man allegedly beat and strangled his one-time friend to death — possibly, with his own hands. The attack occurred around about 10:30 p.m. on Wilder Street near 26th at the home of the victim, Anthony Williams, 37, police said. According to Cooney, Raymond Armstrong, 31, showed up at Williams’ house “distraught and upset.” Williams managed to get his friend inside the home, where an argument ensued, police said. Williams was pronounced dead en route to Methodist Hospital at 10:50 p.m.
The cause of death has been listed as blunt-force trauma and strangulation. Armstrong has been charged with murder but has not been charged with possessing instruments of a crime. That could mean that he used only his hands in the alleged attack, a source said. And last night, an unidentified 24-year-old man died as a result of a gunshot wound to the hip, said a homicide detective. He was shot by a gunman at 13th Street near Fairmount Avenue, about 7 p.m. and was pronounced dead at Hahnemann University Hospital shortly before 10 p.m., police said. They reported no arrests.
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Jimmy Madison does the race matters? Lets see find out the race too start with the name callings. Please grow up— MIKEPETERS- I WISH EVERYTHING WOULD STOP TURNING INTO A RACE DEBATE ALL THE TIME. HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T PRINT THE RACES 'CAUSE THEY DON'T NEED TO. WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE BLACK. WHAT THE HELL? COME ON BLACK PEOPLE. WAKE UP AND LETS STOP MAKING TOTAL FOOLS OF OURSELVES AND OUR ANCESTORS. NO SHEEP. NO SHEEP. NO SHEEP.— kassie
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- GOOMY What does that mean? "they all looked like Gumby"— positiveinfluence
- get out of my way...just like you don't care what happens to people that aren't in "your hood", nobody cares what happens to you and that ugly little dog of yours. So don't bother posting your dumb stories, looking for any sympathy.— phillysha
- philysha..don't even waste your time with get out of my way. This is the kind of trash he says to amuse himself. Tommorow there will be another story of how he was "attacked by a group of thugs"...it never ends.....YAWN.— positiveinfluence
- Good job by the guy who killed his would-be robber with his licensed, legal firearm, using it in the correct and appropriate manner. One less piece of trash terrorizing decent people on the street. Maybe the accomplice learned a lesson? And who's picking up the tab for that little punk's hospital stay?— Jack Klompus
- I agree that anyone injured in the commission of a crime should pay his own hospital bill. Thanks Ms. Tales for reporting on the events in S. Philly. I heard that commotion at 4:30am and knew it had to be bad. NO idea what that could be about, though. Please if you can f/u and let us know what the heck is going on with the violent home invasions in SP. I know it is likely drug trade related, but still. It's lunacy. We are pretty scared right now to even have our windows cracked open. I think I need a (legal) gun too.— CleanupPhilly
- I agree that anyone injured in the commission of a crime should pay his own hospital bill. Thanks Ms. Tales for reporting on the events in S. Philly. I heard that commotion at 4:30am and knew it had to be bad. NO idea what that could be about, though. Please if you can f/u and let us know what the heck is going on with the violent home invasions in SP. I know it is likely drug trade related, but still. It's lunacy. We are pretty scared right now to even have our windows cracked open. I think I need a (legal) gun too.— CleanupPhilly
- I don't want to move! But the two violent brutal home invasions, that's messing with my mind. What if the assassins pick the wrong house? That could be me. Goomy has a rottie, but I have cats. The only good news is that Hakeem Bey got 1st degree murder. But likely the anti-Bey drug faction will try to move into his turf violently, wiping out their competition. That's what the violent home invasions could be about in SP.— CleanupPhilly
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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