#GunCrisis: Philadelphia, regional and national updates

The Philadelphia Police Department has posted a video seeking two men wanted for an armed robbery in a Lawndale donut shop last month. View more surveillance videos at: phillypolice.com

Police rushed a 24-year-old woman to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was listed in stable condition after she was shot inside her home early Tuesday in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia. CBS3, 6ABC, NBC10 and Fox29 have reports.

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, police now say that Alberto Hernandez, 25, of 2nd Street near Huntingdon, has died following the shooting we reported last week on Magee Avenue in the Castor section of the city. The incident took place just footsteps from the scene of a robbery and shooting that left a man critically wounded last month.

NBC10 has an update on the Delaware Valley Charter School Shooting, which we covered in January.

Around Pennsylvania: A teen has been sentenced to prison for a 2102 shooting incident that left two students wounded near a high school in Allentown, the manhunt continues after a double shooting Monday in South Lebanon Township, and police in West York are investigating gunshots fired between vehicles Sunday night.

Two men remain in critical condition following the Trenton, NJ, speakeasy shooting we reported Saturday morning.

In national news, a Chicago Police officer has been released from hospital after he was hit by bullet fragment Sunday, and a man in California has been arrested on suspicion of shooting at police in Bakersfield on Sunday.

Shots were fired during an armored car robbery Monday in Houston, four teens were shot in a car Sunday in Milwaukee, and police are investigating toddler shootings in Maryland and Texas.

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Kensington shooting leaves man critically wounded; violence continues in Trenton

Slide show: Police investigate a shooting Sunday night in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

According to police, they responded to a report of gunfire on Frankford Avenue near East Birch Street at about 9:30 p.m. They found a man suffering from seven gunshot wounds and rushed him to Temple University Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition. 6ABC, NBC10, and Fox29 also have reports.

On Sunday afternoon, a 14-year-old girl suffered a grazing hand wound during a shooting incident on West Wishart Street in the Fairhill section of the city. A 22-year-old man was shot to death Sunday afternoon in Chester, Pa., according to a 6ABC report.

Two people were wounded, one critically, when shots were fired in Trenton, NJ, Sunday afternoon as a crowd gathered near a memorial for a man killed early Saturday, according to reports from trentonian.com, nj.com and Fox29. As we previously reported, five people were shot during the prior incident, which took place at what police were calling an after-hours club.

Check the #GunCrisis: Philadelphia Week in Review for more recent updates.

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#GunCrisis: Philadelphia Week in Review

Above: Police search for ballistic evidence after two men were critically wounded in a shooting last week in the Olney section of Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.

#GunCrisis: Philadelphia, regional and national updates


Police were called to the scene after gunfire broke out during a disturbance early Sunday on Delaware Avenue in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, according to reports from CBS3, 6ABC and NBC10.

Two men were listed in stable condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after they wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting on Theodore Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Philly.com has a brief report.

An off-duty police officer shot a man during a fight Saturday in Northeast Philadelphia, according to NBC10. A SEPTA bus was struck by a rock and not a bullet as originally reported Saturday night, according to an update from NBC10.

Local media have posted updates on the accidental shooting that killed a woman Friday in Montgomery County, Pa., the search for a shooting suspect in central Pennsylvania and the multiple-victim shooting in Trenton, NJ, which we first reported yesterday.

In national news this weekend, three people were shot to death at a bar in Ohio, six people were shot after a party in Chicago and a San Francisco Police officer was shot and wounded while investigating a vandalism report.

Police responded to a call for shots fired at a movie theater at a mall Saturday night in Maryland, according to a Facebook post from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, which determined that there was no gunfire but “further investigation revealed that someone set off possible fireworks inside of a juice bottle.”

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Police were called to the scene after gunfire broke out during a disturbance early Sunday on Delaware Avenue in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, according to reports from CBS3, 6ABC and NBC10.

Two men were listed in stable condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after they wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting on Theodore Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Philly.com has a brief report.

An off-duty police officer shot a man during a fight Saturday in Northeast Philadelphia, according to NBC10. A SEPTA bus was struck by a rock and not a bullet as originally reported Saturday night, according to an update from NBC10.

Local media have posted updates on the accidental shooting that killed a woman Friday in Montgomery County, Pa., the search for a shooting suspect in central Pennsylvania and the multiple-victim shooting in Trenton, NJ, which we first reported yesterday.

In national news this weekend, three people were shot to death at a bar in Ohio, six people were shot after a party in Chicago and a San Francisco Police officer was shot and wounded while investigating a vandalism report.

Police responded to a call for shots fired at a movie theater at a mall Saturday night in Maryland, according to a Facebook post from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, which determined that there was no gunfire but “further investigation revealed that someone set off possible fireworks inside of a juice bottle.”

The Gun Crisis Reporting Project is an award-winning, independent, nonprofit journalism community striving to illuminate the epidemic of homicide by gunfire in Philadelphia — and to find solutions.

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Media reports: Five people shot in Trenton, NJ, early Saturday morning


Five people were shot at what police are calling an after-hours club in Trenton, NJ, early Saturday morning, according to NBC10, which also reported dozens of shell casings on the ground at the scene. The incident happened around 4:45a.m. on the 900 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, according to 6ABC.

Two of the victims were initially reported to be in critical condition and the others were stable, according to an early report from trentonian.com, but they later tweeted that police sources were investigating the case as a homicide:

Two people were shot Thursday night in Newark, NJ, three days after a man was killed and another injured on the same block, according to a report from nj.com.

Police arrested a man they say fired a shot accidentally inside a Cherry Hill, NJ, office building Friday afternoon, according to CBS3.

The pregnant wife of a Pennsylvania State Trooper was killed Friday after the accidental discharge of a weapon inside their home in East Norriton, PA, according to 6ABC.

Four people have been wounded in shootings this weekend in Chicago.

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Alert: At least three people have been shot Saturday in Philadelphia. We will have more information when available.

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#GunCrisis: Philadelphia, regional and national updates

A Philadelphia Police officer investigates a fatal shooting last summer in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. This photo was among coverage bringing new recognition from the National Press Photographers Association to Gun Crisis Reporting Project photojournalist Joseph Kaczmarek. Read more at the end of this post.

A 17-year-old was listed in stable condition after he was shot Thursday afternoon at 19th and Dickinson Streets in the Point Breeze section of Philadelphia. 6ABC has a brief report.

Gun battles left no additional casualties but extensive damage following additional Thursday incidents: Bullets holes damaged numerous cars in North Philadelphia, according to reports from NBC10, Fox29 and Philly.com. Earlier, firefighters were ducking for cover as bullets pierced firehouse windows in Kensington, according to reports from CBS3, 6ABC, Fox29 and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Philadelphia Police Department released a video Thursday, in search of the public’s assistance in identifying a gunman sought following a robbery in East Oak Lane. As we reported yesterday, the Philadelphia’s year-to-date homicide total is outpacing New York City.

Two people were injured in a bar shooting early Thursday in York, Pa. In Trenton, NJ, a detective who was shot in the line of duty last year is returning to work.

A police officer was killed in a shootout Monday in Phoenix, another was wounded during a traffic stop Sunday in Colorado, and four SWAT officers were wounded Wednesday in Indianapolis. One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in Detroit Thursday evening.

Shooting victims have also been reported this week during a Fat Tuesday concert in New Orleans, at shopping malls in Cleveland and Memphis, near an elementary school in California – and at a university cafeteria in Toronto, Canada.

Finally, Gun Crisis Reporting Project founding partner and photojournalist Joseph Kaczmarek came in a close second for regional Photographer of the Year honors from the National Press Photographers Association, in recognition of his work in 2013. Kaczmarek finished ahead of many newspaper, wire service and freelance photographers from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. We don’t celebrate anything except gun violence reduction, but we appreciate the media recognition, professional and community honors that have followed our efforts.

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