Philadelphia police are looking for the men responsible for shooting two men, critically injuring one of them, after a verbal dispute turned to gunfire near the University of Pennsylvania’s campus Saturday morning.
Overnight shootings in Philadelphia, including one in University City, left several people wounded early Saturday morning.
At 1:37 a.m., police said, officers were called to Sansom Street near 36th after an argument at a bar escalated into gunfire. A 29-year-old man suffered two gunshot wounds, one of which hit him in the stomach, and a 32-year-old man was wounded in the thigh and knee, according to police.
Both men were taken to Presbyterian Hospital, where they were in critical condition Saturday afternoon. Police said an argument ensued in a bar down the street from where the shooting occurred, and that when the victims stepped outside, a group of men in a car with Maryland tags opened fire on them.
Both victims were legally carrying guns of their own, and one opened fire back at the car, according to police. It was unclear whether anyone in the car was wounded.
Police described one suspect in the shooting as a 21- to 30-year-old black man with a light complexion, scruffy facial hair and a medium build. They said he is roughly 5 feet 6 and wore a white T-shirt, shorts that may have been cargo shorts and a bucket hat.
A second suspect, described as being taller and thinner than the first suspect, was also described.
Less than a half-hour before that, about 1:10 a.m. Saturday, police said, officers found a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest unresponsive on the ground near 52nd Street and Girard Avenue. Police said the victim was found outside Happy Star Restaurant lying on the sidewalk, but there were no shell casings there, so they were unsure whether the shooting occurred there. The man was taken to Presbyterian for medical care and remained in critical condition Saturday afternoon. Police had no suspects.
In an earlier shooting, police say two men were wounded when someone opened fire at Erie and Germantown avenues in North Philadelphia just before 12:30 a.m. Police said later Saturday that several men had gotten into a fight outside a side entrance to the Eagle Bar just prior to the shooting.
A 31-year-old man suffered three gunshot wounds in that incident -- one to his head, one to the groin and one to the lower back -- and was listed in stable condition at Temple Hospital Saturday afternoon, police said. A second man, age 24, was shot at least twice in his stomach. He remained in critical condition at Temple Hospital Saturday afternoon.
Police said the shooter was described as a short man wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. He fled in an unknown direction.
Tipsters with information in any shooting should contact the police tip line at 215-686-8477.
