A trio of females in a car sustained gunshot wounds to their heads yesterday after a man, whom one of them had been arguing with moments before, opened fire on the vehicle as it sped off, police said.
At the scene on the 1900 block of Tasker Street, Detectives Ed Tolliver and Steve Caputo of South Detective Division were still trying to piece together what happened a little more than an hour after gunfire erupted at about 10:45 a.m.
Police did not have ages for the victims or information on the car, but said the shooter was on foot and wearing a dark-blue hoody.
One of the victims, shot in the back of her head, went by medic to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in stable condition; the other two had graze wounds and were treated at the scene.
Investigators recovered 13 9mm fired cartridges at the scene, Caputo said.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Slashed by robber
When a senior citizen could not comply with a robber’s demand, the offender sliced his throat.
After Monday’s attack, which was shortly before 1 p.m., the 71-year-old needed 28 stitches at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to close the wound, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
The victim was entering his vehicle on the 1400 block of Carlisle Street when the assailant approached and demanded his wallet. When the senior said he didn’t have one on him, the offender cut his throat.
The man did not notice if the perpetrator used a box cutter, knife or razor, Chiaro said.
The offender is described as a black male, age 25 to 30, and 5-foot-8, with a medium complexion, facial hair and wearing a light shirt and dark shorts.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Wounded in shoulder, foot
A shooting on the 1600 block of South Fifth Street left a 27-year-old in critical condition Monday.
Five .45-caliber casings were recovered at the 11:15 p.m. scene, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
With several gunshot wounds to the left shoulder and left foot, the man was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
The gunman, who the victim claimed he didn’t know, fled on foot in an unknown direction.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Shot outside home
Two armed men walked up to a 26-year-old sitting outside his house on the 3000 block of Mifflin Street and opened fire Friday.
No words were exchanged as the gunfire erupted at about 3:20 p.m., Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
The victim was admitted to HUP with gunshot wounds to the right hand and right leg.
Detectives found eight 9mm fired cartridges at the scene.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Gunfire follows argument
An arrest is pending for a man who fired rounds at — but luckily missed — a woman he knows from the neighborhood, police said.
At about 9:30 a.m. Friday, the 43-year-old was sitting outside on the 2700 block of Wolf Street when the 23-year-old rode by on a bike. They exchanged words before the man began firing a pistol at the seated woman, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
Detectives recovered no ballistics evidence at the scene.
Stabbed anyway
A 34-year-old suffered a defense wound after she tried to block an incoming knife to her chest, police said.
The victim told police she did not know the female perpetrator in last Thursday’s 11:50 a.m. assault on the 1600 block of South 19th Street, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
During a verbal altercation, one of the women pulled a knife and tried to stab the other. The victim suffered a stab wound to her right hand, the detective said. She went to Jefferson Hospital, where she was treated and released.
The assailant was described as black, age 35 to 40, 5-foot-5 with a brown weave with blond tips. She was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Gunpoint mugging
A 22-year-old was robbed of his iPod and $200 while walking in Bella Vista Sunday night.
At about 10:15 p.m. on the 600 block of Fitzwater Street, a man put a gun to the victim’s head and demanded his electronic device and money, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said.
The robber was described as black, in his 20s, 5-foot-8 and 200 pounds; he was wearing a black shirt and same color pants.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Purse snatcher nabbed
Claiming he was armed, a 16-year-old threatened to shoot a woman if she didn’t turn over her handbag.
The 19-year-old was walking at about 11:45 p.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of South Broad Street when the assailant came up behind her, Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detectives said. After ordering her to surrender her bag, the teen shoved the woman to the ground and swiped her purse, Chiaro said.
The victim flagged down police who drove her around the neighborhood, where the suspect was spotted and identified. The teen, from the 2100 block of South 15th Street, was charged with robbery, simple assault and related offenses.
Police took the victim to Jefferson Hospital, where she was treated for bruises to her legs.
Taken from her was a leather pocketbook with an undisclosed amount of cash and credit cards.
Jury in place for pier collapse case
Jury selection began Monday, ending Tuesday in the criminal trial of two men charged in the collapse of Pier 34. With 12 jurors and four alternates’, opening arguments will start Sept. 18, District Attorney’s Office Director of Communications Cathie Abookire said.
Three New Jersey State Aquarium employees — DeAnn White, 25, Monica Rodriguez, 21, and Jean Marie Ferraro, 27 — were killed May 18, 2000, when Heat nightclub on the pier collapsed into the Delaware River. The aquarium is now known as Adventure Aquarium.
Dozens of club patrons were injured in the collapse. Pier owner Michael Asbell, 64, of Merion, and nightclub owner Eli Karetny, 65, of Cherry Hill, N.J., face three counts each of involuntary manslaughter and multiple counts of recklessly endangering another person, failure to prevent a catastrophe, causing/risking a catastrophe and conspiracy.
Given life for taking one
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A now-28-year-old man found guilty of the fatal baseball bat beating of a 25-year-old woman outside a South Street grocery store Nov. 7, 2004, will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Monday, Common Pleas Court Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes sentenced Nader Ali to life in prison for first-degree murder, plus an additional two-and-a-half to five years to run consecutively for possession of an instrument of crime.
The Franklin Lakes, N.J., man was found guilty June 26 of both offenses in the attack on Lea Sullivan, who was 25 when she was killed. In handing down the verdict, the jury found him guilty, but also believed he was mentally ill, Assistant District Attorney Edward McCann said.
Sullivan was a third-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Ali was a classmate until he was asked to leave "for extreme change in behavior," Jefferson spokesperson Jeff Baxt said after the crime.
Ali’s attorney Nino Tinari argued his client did not know what he was doing when he rendered the fatal blows to Sullivan’s head 2:30 p.m. that day outside Whole Foods Market, 929 South St. Wearing a ski mask during the crime and removing it afterwards, Ali attacked the young woman as she exited the store, approaching her from behind, police said. Sullivan lived a few blocks away on Locust Street.
The next day, police apprehended Ali at his parents’ New Jersey home and recovered the bat used in the attack in a car trunk. That same day, Sullivan died at Jefferson Hospital.
Shortly after her death, the victim’s parents established a memorial fund, The Lea Fohrder Sullivan Scholarship Fund for Women Medical Students, Thomas Jefferson University, Suite 110, 925 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19017.
