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Police have charged five men in connection with a shooting at a Friday night football came at Pleasantville High School in South Jersey, CNN reported. The shooting began at the end of the third quarter of a game between Camden and Pleasantville high schools, WPVI-TV said. At least six shots were fired from the bleachers, 6ABC News reported. The shooting left one adult and two minors injured. According to the prosecutor's office, the 27-year-old victim is in stable condition and will undergo surgery, while a 10-year-old is in critical condition. The third victim, a 15-year-old boy, suffered a graze wound...

Philadelphia rap artist Beanie Sigel was shot Friday morning in Pleasantville, New Jersey, but he was not the intended victim, according to an attorney for Sigel's family. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. in the 800 block of Spruce Avenue. Police say the victim, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was shot in the abdomen. He was admitted to the hospital with a life-threatening injury and was in critical condition. A second person was also injured after what appeared to be a scuffle. That person has refused treatment and, police say, has not been cooperating with the investigation. There was...

‘Crybaby’ coach may teach, but not coach By DAN P. LEE Staff Writer, (609) 272-7209 PLEASANTVILLE - A Pleasantville Middle School boys basketball coach who shamed one of his players by giving him a "crybaby" trophy at the team's awards banquet will retain his teaching position but will be forbidden from ever again coaching in the school district. Superintendent Edwin Coyle and Board of Education President Jerome Page reached a compromise that will enable the coach, James Guillen, 24, to continue working as a special-education teacher at the school, the two officials said after a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Guillen nevertheless...