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Man shot in Nicetown

An unidentified man was shot and killed in Nicetown yesterday morning, police said.

Police responding to a call that someone had a gun found the man lying on Staub Street near 16th about 1:30 a.m. He had been shot in the chest and neck.

Police took the man to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 2 a.m.

There was no suspect or motive.

Vandalism hits

historic cemetery

Vandals toppled several headstones in a historic Jewish cemetery in Frankford on Thursday morning, police said.

None of the stones were damaged at the Adath Jeshurun Cemetery on Bridge Street near Walker, police said.

Congregation Adath Jeshurun opened the cemetery in 1861, about six miles from the original building on 3rd Street near Brown. The site hosts generations of Jewish families.

It's unclear who vandalized Adath Jeshurun's cemetery or why. But police believe the vandals struck between midnight and 6 a.m.

Bus crash, bomb scare snarl Center City traffic

Traffic swelled on Center City streets yesterday after a service interruption on the Market-Frankford Line and a bus crash near City Hall.

The El was shut down about 4 p.m. between the 15th Street and Spring Garden stops while police investigated an unattended package at the 5th Street station, SEPTA spokesman Manny Smith said.

Shuttles were provided during the investigation, which concluded about 4:45 p.m., he said.

Meanwhile, on 15th Street near Market, a Megabus collided with a Route 17 SEPTA bus about 4:20 p.m., SEPTA spokeswoman Heather Redfern said.

Three SEPTA riders were treated for minor injuries at Hahnemann University Hospital, Redfern said. There was no word on whether Megabus passengers were injured.

Man files suit after wife's death in Amtrak crash

The husband of a woman killed in the May 12 Amtrak crash in Frankford, which killed eight people and injured 200 others, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the rail company.

Attorney Tom Kline, who represents several passengers of Train 188 in suits against Amtrak, filed the suit on behalf of Todd Waldman yesterday, in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.

Waldman is the husband of Rachel Jacobs, 39, who was in the front-passenger car of the New York-bound train when it entered a curve at Frankford Junction traveling more than 100 mph and derailed.

Jacobs was the CEO of ApprenNet, a startup firm in University City that creates educational software. She was the mother of a 2-year-old son.

- Joe Brandt