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Police do not have a description of the shooter or shooters, but did collect ballistics from the scene on the 2000 block of South 20th Street.

At about 4:05 p.m., a 24-year-old woman received a graze wound to her head as she exited the corner store at 20th Street and Snyder Avenue, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. Meanwhile, a 27-year-old mother of a 2-month-old boy and 2-year-old girl was walking down the street when a bullet struck her right arm. The children were unharmed.

Both women were transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in stable condition and have been released, Tolliver said.

To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.

Shooter arrested

A man allegedly retrieved a gun and shot another who told him to shut up as he was trying to impress nearby girls last week.

A 23-year-old man was installing strobe lights on his girlfriend’s car and talking to a friend on the 500 block of Moore Street around 5 p.m. April 11, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.

A friend of the friend, Kenneth Richard aka Saasir Richards, 35, of the 500 block of Titan Street, allegedly began to bad mouth him because girls were around, Tolliver said. When the man told him to shut up, Richard allegedly left the area and returned on a green mountain bicycle. At this time, the 23-year-old man was on his front steps when Richard allegedly said, “what’s up?,” and, according to reports, fired several shots at him with a silver handgun. The man tried to retreat into his home, but was struck once in the stomach.

The officer who arrived on the scene at about 10:55 p.m., transported him to HUP, Tolliver said. He was then transferred to Jefferson Hospital Trauma Center in critical condition and underwent surgery to his stomach.

Through interviews, police learned the Richard’s name and the victim positively identified him in a photo array, Tolliver said. He was arrested 3:10 p.m. April 15 inside a residence on the 400 block of Dickinson Street. He was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, firearm violations and related offenses.

Held at gunpoint

A Grays Ferry man, who has since been arrested, and an accomplice held up a man at gunpoint for almost 20 minutes Friday.

As the 21-year-old walked home from his girlfriend’s home at 1 a.m., a man on a red mountain bike rode alongside him and asked for change for a $20 on the 2100 block of Marston Terrace, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. When the victim said he did not have it, he was asked if he had change for a $10. As he replied with the same answer, Kevin Copes, 21, of the 2100 block of Etting Terrace, approached him on a blue mountain bike, allegedly pointed a silver revolver at him and said, “well, why don’t you give up everything?”

The two men emptied his pockets and escorted the victim to K Laundromat, 2710 Snyder Ave., Tolliver said. On the way, the unknown man asked, “do you know what kind of gun he has? What kind of gun do you think this is?” As he showed him a black semiautomatic handgun and its shells, he added, “this is a .40 caliber.”

The duo allegedly walked inside K Laundromat with the man and demanded he withdraw $500, Tolliver said. While he swiped his card, he was unable to withdraw any money. The men asked if he could get funds from anyone else, but he said he could not and eventually fled on foot. The men were still in possession of his identification and insurance cards.