Surveillance video: Police seeking help to identify robbery suspect

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The Philadelphia Police Department has turned to the public to identify the gunman wanted in connection with a pharmacy robbery on South Street: According to blog.phillypolice.com: On May 21, 2013, at 4:40pm, an unknown male entered the CVS Pharmacy located at 2132 South Street. After waiting approximately 10 minutes the suspect approached the pharmacy counter and handed the pharmacist a threatening demand note demanding narcotics while pointing a handgun. After taking an undisclosed amount of narcotics the suspect fled south on the 600 block of South 22nd Street then west on the west on the 2200 block of Kater Street. The suspect then discarded his red Phillies hooded sweatshirt and fled in an awaiting dark blue mini-van. More info: Wanted: Suspect for Robbery in the 17th District [VIDEO]

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Police shoot third gun suspect in two nights in Philadelphia

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Investigators gather evidence at the scene after a man — who officials say aimed a weapon toward police — was shot and wounded by officers Thursday night in North Philadelphia. Photographs by the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Tom Kelly IV.

TK2rPhiladelphia Police officials said that, shortly after hearing nearby gunfire, officers shot the suspect near the intersection of North 23rd and Oxford Streets as the man ran toward them with a loaded .45 caliber pistol in his hand.

According to police, officers opened fire and struck the suspect three times after he refused orders to drop the weapon. Medics rushed the wounded man to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was reported in stable condition and headed for surgery.

Investigators found a car damaged by gunfire one block away on 24th Street. The North Philadlephia incident was the third police-involved shooting reported in about 24 hours in Philadelphia.

The Gun Crisis Reporting project compiled media reports from the Wednesday night incidents: Media reports: Gun calls lead to two fatal police-involved shootings

TK3The number of shootings by police in 2012 resulting in death or injury climbed to the highest level it’s been in 10 years, according to a recent Philly.com report, indicating that the Philadelphia police shot 52 suspects last year while responding to calls for reported crimes. Of those shot, 15 people died.

Some local media reports included witness acounts that the suspects were unarmed in each of the latest incidents but police say they have recovered weapons at all three scenes. More info:

6ABC video report: 3rd Philadelphia police-involved shooting in 2 days
NBC10: Police: Man Pointed Gun At Officers, Neighbors: He Wasn’t Armed
Philadelphia Daily News: Police shoot, wound armed man in North Philadelphia
Philadelphia Daily News: Cops: Man pulled gun, we fired back
CBS3: 1 Hospitalized In Police-Involved Shooting In North Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer: Official: Guns recovered at police shooting scenes

TKIV4If you want to get involved in gun violence reduction in Philadelphia, please consider volunteering with or donating to one of the organizations under our Network tab. If you would like us to add your group to our list, please email us at info@guncrisis.org.

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NBC10 checks in on the Gun Crisis Reporting Project

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Last week, NBC10′s Nefertiti Jaquez spent an evening with the Gun Crisis Reporting Project to look into our efforts to stop gun violence in Philadelphia.

View the video report, following an embedded commercial:

View the report at nbcphiladelphia.com: Philadelphia Group Takes Aim At Gun Violence

We won’t celebrate before we can point to sustained reductions in gun violence, but we find great encouragement in the abundance of media attention and journalism awards that have followed our volunteer staff of acclaimed journalists throughout the first 14 months of this endeavor.

Next week, we will have a report from an Australian network news team that recently came to Philadelphia and covered many of the groups working to reduce gun violence, including ours.

Follow us this summer as we strive to more clearly illuminate the cost of gun violence, those working to intervene and the search for solutions.

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