#GunCRisis Reporting- July 9 Shooter kills man in North Philadelphia boarding house overnight

Shooter kills man in North Philadelphia boarding house overnight Posted: 09 Jul 2013 07:47 AM PDT Neighbors watch as police investigate a fatal shooting in the early hours of Tuesday morning in North Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun CrisisReporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small updates reporters at the scene on Sharswood Street. According to police, officers were responding to the location for a report of gunshots at around 1:30 a.m. and found a 46-year-old man in a third floor bedroom, suffering from several gunshot wounds to the face and chest. The victim was pronounced by medics on the scene. A police source said the residence, on Sharswood Street near 24th Street, appeared to be boarding house with several occupants and in terrible condition. Police were awaiting a warrant to conduct a complete search. Police believed that the victim lived at the residence and had several witnesses who were inside at the time the victim was killed, according to a report from CBS3 which added that they were taken to police headquarters for further questioning. The Philadelphia Inquirer added that no arrests have been made. Police gather at Sharswood Street shooting scene. Two more men were shot in a separate incident overnight in the Lawncrest section of the city. At the Gun Crisis Reporting Project, we have tracked 20 shooting victims reported across Philadelphia thus far in July: View Philadelphia shooting victim reports for July, 2013 in a larger map. If you want to get involved in gun violence reduction in Philadelphia, please consider volunteering your time or making a donation to one of the organizations listed under our Network tab at the top of this site. If you would like us to add your group to our list, please email us at info@guncrisis.org. 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. But we need your help. Click to see how your tax-deductible contribution can support our volunteer staff. Related posts: Drive-by shooter kills man near prom party in North Philadelphia A 22-year-old man was shot to death on Jefferson Street... Shooter leaves man critically wounded in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park overnight Police officers came to the aid of a shooting victim... Shooter kills man outside police crime lab A 27-year-old man was fatally wounded by gunfire on a...

Two men wounded in Lawncrest overnight Posted: 09 Jul 2013 06:39 AM PDT Police investigators comb the scene of a double shooting on East Howell Street in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia early Tuesday morning. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Projectby Joseph Kaczmarek. According to police, one man was shot multiple times in the chest and head and the second victim was shot in the leg. The shooting followed an attempted robbery, according to 6ABC, which added that police recovered weapon near the scene. Please share your ideas to stop the shooting in our community by using the #phillypeaceplan hash tag when communicating on social media: http://guncrisis.org/phillypeaceplan/ Related posts: Two men wounded in overnight rifle attack; bystander injured by stray bullet Two men were shot in the area of North 7th... Three men wounded in Fairhill incident Hospital staffers push a wounded man into the emergency room... Two men are dead following overnight gunfire in Philadelphia; elderly man wounded Sunday in home invasion Police investigate the scene after a man was found dead...