Three wounded in Point Breeze shootout
Three men were wounded in a shootout in Point Breeze early Thursday morning, cops said.
Three wounded in Point Breeze shootout
Three men were wounded in a shootout in Point Breeze early Thursday morning, cops said.
At 12:39 a.m., gunfire erupted from at least two weapons on 22nd Street near Reed. Two 28-year-old men were shot -- one in the face and the other in the foot -- and a 30-year-old man was wounded when a bullet tore through his thigh, Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
The two younger victims were taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where both were listed in stable condition. The third victim was dropped off at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also stable, cops said.
Police found 12 spent shell casings from a 9mm handgun and a .45-caliber handgun littering the street. Investigators said they believe at least one of the men shot was an innocent bystander.
"We heard the first two shots and I was like, 'Turn off the TV.' Then it was like, 'Pop, pop, pop, pop,'" said a longtime resident of the block who identified herself only as Linda and said she was in a second-floor bedroom with her 7-year-old daughter when she heard the gunfire erupt.
She said other neighbors had been sitting outside when it happened, one of which was holding a baby at the time of the shooting.
The neighbor said one of the men shot was recently released from prison.
"He's been doing good, that's why I was shocked that he was the one who got shot," she said of the victim.
Small said detectives were reviewing footage from surveillance cameras located outside a mini market on the corner and a church on the block to see if it captured any of the shooting. Police were also exploring the possibility that part of the shooting may have been a drive-by, but no description of any shooters or vehicles was available.
There were no witnesses, police said.
The victims of the shooting were three of eight people shot around the city in about an hour and a half Wednesday night into Thursday morning, after four people were wounded in a home-invasion in Eastwick and another man was shot in North Philadelphia.
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"She said other neighbors had been sitting outside when it happened, one of which was holding a baby at the time of the shooting."
"There were no witnesses, police said."
I take it these losers didn't have to work this morning? And they saw nothing.
— RIP Philly- ...one of the men shot was recently released from prison.
"He's been doing good, that's why I was shocked that he was the one who got shot," . You can't make up stuff like this. Hilarious!— johnny rotten - Comment removed.
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- I guess 3M dollars donated by Federal Government to hire 15-20 police officers is not enough.
Ramsey and Nutter are really doing their jobs.— Nitroglycerin - Comment removed.
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