Posted on 07/14/2019 1:30:25 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Seven people are injured after police say they were shot during a neighborhood basketball game in West Philadelphia. The incident happened shortly before 9 p.m. at 54th Street and Lansdowne Avenue in the city’s Overbrook neighborhood on Saturday night.
Police say six men and one woman between 18 and 32 years old were rushed to area hospitals in stable condition, most with wounds to their arms and legs.
One victim was shot multiple times, according to police. For a time it was believed the shooting victim count had been at eight.
According to police, two men fired into a large crowd where between 200 and 300 people gathered for a basketball game and a party in the area.
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“Boo got shot!”
God I miss Neal Boortz!
Did you ever try out those cool rocket skates?
I smell a new series... Jaden Smith to star.
Philly and Pittsburg used to be nice towns to grow up in. It’s a shame.
I thought they only shoot baskets.
That narrows it down /S
My little yellow Google map guy informs me that this is a neighborhood ripe for some gentrification.
The City of Brotherly Love
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As the great Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention used to sing...
Motherly love
Motherly love
Forget about
The brotherly and other-ly love
Motherly love
Is just the thing for you
You know your Mothers’ gonna love ya
Till ya don’t know what to do
The Mothers got love
That’ll drive ya mad
They’re ravin’ ‘bout the way we do
No need to feel lonely
No need to feel sad,
If we ever get a hold on you
What you need is
Motherly love
(Come on get it now)
Motherly love
Forget about
The brotherly and other-ly love
I should have... I was management, so had to wear dress shoes... always had holes in the soles, which sucks in the rain. But, it kept me thin!
"I din see nuttin'!"
And when you could get a decent egg cream outside of Brooklyn. (An old saying meaning the Good Old Days.)
This is a preliminary basketball playground matchup.
Wait until the Final Four in the hood. The fans will need Kevlar vests to get to the refreshment stands. Duck.
Bulk rockets!
I remember that!
I’ve lived in the same gun saturated neighborhood in E TN for over 31 years and we have an annual home owners’ association meting. We’re horribly backward—not one shooting or violent argument in the whole time.
But imbecile mayor Kenney is proud that he reduced stop-and-frisks by the police by ninety percent - that’s what really counts.......
When’d the does Acme put the fake train tunnels on sale?
Socialism is like a mousetrap; it works because the mouse doesn’t understand why the cheese is free.
“The City of Brotherly Love.”
A bit too many brothers...
Our rural pals are voting Chicago and cooking meth.
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