This is why I CAN NOT leave Philadelphia
Jul. 23rd, 2007 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rdwaynewrightIf we all keep bailing and moving to like Arizona and shit, who'll be here to help fix this mess? This city has been good to me but not so good to many, I OWE the people something.
Source: CBS3
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia’s murder rate is gaining national attention as it continues to climb following a deadly weekend. Police said 37 shootings in 72 hours left six people dead, bringing the city's murder rate to 232 homicides for the year.
Officers were called to 22nd and Reed Streets where they found one adult and one juvenile injured inside an overturned vehicle just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
The juvenile was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in critical, but stable condition with a gunshot wound to the back. The adult victim was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to be treated for injuries sustained in the violent crash.
Several hours earlier, a 15-year-old female was shot in the leg at the same intersection in an unrelated shooting. She is reportedly in stable condition.
Police said three people were killed and a forth person was injured when gunfire erupted just after midnight Sunday at Abay Wheelers Bar near 62nd and Wheeler Streets in the Kingsessing section of the city.
An apparent argument led to the shooting which claimed the lives of 20-year-old Arthur Joshua Jammal Jennings, Claude Demetrius Snelling, 30, and 31-year-old Jamar Franklin Thompson.
The city Medical Examiner’s office said all three died of multiple gunshot wounds.
A fourth victim, a 37-year-old male, was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition.
Nancy Jennings said her son 20-year-old son Arthur died trying to protect her.
"If it wasn't for my son I wouldn't be standing here now because my son jumped in front of the bullet to save me," she said.
Jennings’ said her fiancé, 30-year-old Claude Snelling, was also killed in the deadly incident.
"This one man just started shooting. I mean just shooting all over the place," Jennings said. “I just wish all this killing would just stop.”
Charles Tunstall, 23, was shot in the head at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia, police said. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced said.
An unidentified man was killed on the 1700 block of Dauphin Street in North Philadelphia after being shot multiple times in the chest just before 6 a.m. Witnesses told police the suspect may have fled on a bicycle.
Police said a teen was stabbed to death in the 1300 block of West Venango Street in Hunting Park.
No arrests have been made in any violent incidents.
Democratic mayoral candidate Michael Nutter said in an interview Sunday that he believed there had not been "the kind of urgency and anger" required to drive needed changes, including efforts to end the "stop snitching" mentality.
As violent crimes continue to climb, the city of Philadelphia is on pace to have its deadliest year in over a decade.
The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric will be focusing on the violence in Philadelphia as part of their week long series on crime in America.
Source: CBS3
(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia’s murder rate is gaining national attention as it continues to climb following a deadly weekend. Police said 37 shootings in 72 hours left six people dead, bringing the city's murder rate to 232 homicides for the year.
Officers were called to 22nd and Reed Streets where they found one adult and one juvenile injured inside an overturned vehicle just after 11 p.m. Sunday.
The juvenile was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in critical, but stable condition with a gunshot wound to the back. The adult victim was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to be treated for injuries sustained in the violent crash.
Several hours earlier, a 15-year-old female was shot in the leg at the same intersection in an unrelated shooting. She is reportedly in stable condition.
Police said three people were killed and a forth person was injured when gunfire erupted just after midnight Sunday at Abay Wheelers Bar near 62nd and Wheeler Streets in the Kingsessing section of the city.
An apparent argument led to the shooting which claimed the lives of 20-year-old Arthur Joshua Jammal Jennings, Claude Demetrius Snelling, 30, and 31-year-old Jamar Franklin Thompson.
The city Medical Examiner’s office said all three died of multiple gunshot wounds.
A fourth victim, a 37-year-old male, was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition.
Nancy Jennings said her son 20-year-old son Arthur died trying to protect her.
"If it wasn't for my son I wouldn't be standing here now because my son jumped in front of the bullet to save me," she said.
Jennings’ said her fiancé, 30-year-old Claude Snelling, was also killed in the deadly incident.
"This one man just started shooting. I mean just shooting all over the place," Jennings said. “I just wish all this killing would just stop.”
Charles Tunstall, 23, was shot in the head at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia, police said. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced said.
An unidentified man was killed on the 1700 block of Dauphin Street in North Philadelphia after being shot multiple times in the chest just before 6 a.m. Witnesses told police the suspect may have fled on a bicycle.
Police said a teen was stabbed to death in the 1300 block of West Venango Street in Hunting Park.
No arrests have been made in any violent incidents.
Democratic mayoral candidate Michael Nutter said in an interview Sunday that he believed there had not been "the kind of urgency and anger" required to drive needed changes, including efforts to end the "stop snitching" mentality.
As violent crimes continue to climb, the city of Philadelphia is on pace to have its deadliest year in over a decade.
The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric will be focusing on the violence in Philadelphia as part of their week long series on crime in America.
