A 22-year-old found with a bullet in his back hurled a profanity at the officer who came to his aid.
While laying on the hood of a car with a gunshot to the left side of his back, a victim cursed at an officer and told him to take him to a hospital after the latter asked what had happened, police said.
At about 5:40 p.m. Saturday, the cop responded to a report of a shooting on the 1700 block of South 21st Street in Point Breeze and found the 22-year-old on an unattended parked car, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said.
The victim refused to give the officer any personal information, Tolliver said.
Witnesses told police the victim was in a fistfight with two other men, one of whom knocked him to the ground and told his accomplice to “pop him,” Tolliver said. After firing one round into the victim’s back, the two took off on foot in an unknown direction. The witnesses could not give physical descriptions other than the men appeared to be in their 20s.
The victim was taken into surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where officers found identification in his wallet. They will attempt to interview the wounded man at a later date, Tolliver said.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Grocers robbedPolice are looking for two men who heldup local grocers at gunpoint and made off with hundreds in cash.
From 198 Grocery, Broad and Jackson streets, the pair made off with about $300 at 8:18 p.m. Jan. 22 and, shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 29, they hit A&E Grocery, 13th and Porter streets, taking off with about $600, Lt. Frank Vanore of the Police Public Affairs Unit said.
The A&E robbery was caught on store surveillance and shows the pair aiming a gun at the shop owner and one going behind the counter and taking money from the register, the lieutenant said.
In the 198 crime, the two entered the business, pulled a firearm and held a man at gunpoint while demanding money.
The robbers were described as white and in their early 20s. Both were wearing black ski jackets with the hoods pulled up over their heads; one of the hoods was furry and had a “Akademiks” logo across the back. That man was about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-11 and weighed about 200 pounds. The other man, who had very black eyebrows, was about 5-foot-8 and weighed about 150 pounds, Vanore said.
To report information, call South Detective Division at 215-686-3013.
A woman was taken into custody after she allegedly threw a speaker at a 3rd District officer who responded to her Bella Vista home for a disturbance believed to have been between her and another woman.
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1. Anonymous said... on Feb 14, 2010 at 07:11PM
“14th and jackson???”
2. Anonymous said... on Feb 15, 2010 at 08:34PM
“I don't understand this city. I have lived all over the world and I have never seen criminals prey upon the people in their own neighborhoods the way they do here. Maybe it's that "no snitching" mentality?? Wake up people or it's only going to get more dangerous. Also appalling is the treatment the police receive. I'm relocating to San Diego. I get to escape this city. I feel sorry for those left behind that are decent, law abiding citizens. Good luck.”
3. Anonymous said... on Feb 16, 2010 at 12:43PM
“it is a shame this day and age that we are reduced to killing our own kind, for what( pittons) if you think you got balls then get a real job, ive done it all my life, and now i have to be afraid cause some idiot with a gun wants to take what ive worked for, they aught to take thier hands from them this slap on the wrist just aint getting it”
4. mimi said... on Feb 16, 2010 at 01:19PM
“hate to say it be this city was safe when the " MAFIA" was running it they made sure the their neiborhoods were safe we and they took care of the older people. you have the wrong people in jail”
5. FORMER South Philly Guy said... on Feb 17, 2010 at 05:43PM
“SO GLAD I moved from downtown. It's just not the same and never will be. Animals.”