Violence erupts again on 5th St.

October 15, 2009.

We've had several more shootings in our neighborhood. Two happened back to back, very close to home. One about 11:30 after my sister's wedding while I was walking back from parking the car on 6th street and the other the following night on June 20th at about 10:30 while I was in the kitchen. More recently on Monday October 12th, there was a shooting, where people were screaming and there walk a sustained exchange of fire. Someone ran down our street within a minute of it happening. Police came flying to the scene, which I don't think was very close, but close enough. The bellow report is taken from the South Philly review from the night of June 20th.

The June 25th South Philly Police Report had...

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Wounded in crossfire
Gunshots rang out on the 1700 block of South Fifth Street at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday and two men caught in the crossfire have little to tell police about the incident that sent them to the hospital.
Fourth District police responded to a report of gunshots fired and found an 18-year-old with wounds to his right arm and left leg, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. Transported to Jefferson, the man was listed in stable condition.
Less than an hour later, a 16-year-old came to Jefferson with a graze wound to his left thigh, Tolliver said.
No motive has come to light and no descriptions were given as neither teen saw anything or thought they were the intended targets.
At the scene, police recovered 16 fired cartridge cases and a bullet projectile inside a parked vehicle. Three parked cars also were damaged by the flying bullets, Tolliver said.
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