Gun Crisis 4/30/13 PHILADELPHIA

• Shooter kills man in living room Monday night in Philadelphia’s Mayfair section
• Pharmacist critically wounded in Society Hill shooting Monday night
• Documentary team takes cover during fatal shooting Friday in Kensington; 

reports on immediate aftermath

Shooter kills man in living room Monday night in Philadelphia’s Mayfair section Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:30 AM PDT Neighbors watched as police gathered evidence after fatal shooting in the Mayfair  section of Northeast Philadelphia Monday night. Photographs for the  Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek. According to police, a woman answered a knock on the door at her home  on the 5700 block of Leonard Street shortly after 10 p.m. and was met  by an armed man who tried to force his way inside. As she tried to hold back the door, the gunman fired several times and struck a man in the living room. Medics rushed the victim to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead less than an hour later. A neighbor watching investigators said that the victim was a father to several children. According to 6ABC, three teens and two children were found inside the home but they were not injured by the shooting. NBC10 has a video report:  Knock on the Door Turns Deadly. If 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. 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.

Pharmacist critically wounded in Society Hill shooting Monday night Posted: 30 Apr 2013 06:09 AM PDT Police search for evidence near Lawrence Court and Pine Street after a 35 year-old man was shot in the chest Monday night in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia. Photographs for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project  by Joseph Kaczmarek. According to police, the victim was walking home from his job at a nearby CVS pharmacy when he was approached by a robber who then shot him. Police said the victim was in  critical but stable condition at Jefferson University Hospital. A neighbor speaking with reporters at the scene said that he immediately  recognized the sound of gunfire because it is becoming too familiar in the area.  A source close to the investigation said police found surveillance video of the victim chasing after his assailant after the robbery. Last summer, we reported from the scene where 32-year-old Michael Hagan was shot and killed at 4th and Lombard Streets, about a block from last night’s incident. Police later turned to the public in search of surveillance footage and offered a $40,000 reward. In October, Hagan’s family held a walk and vigil as the reward was raised to $50,000. Last month, Philadelphia Police told Fox29 that the leads in the Hagan investigation “have been very thin.” Hagan’s family shares updates atmichaelhagan.net. Updates on last night’s incident: CBS3: Police: Suspects In Society Hill Shooting Stole Victim’s iPhone6ABC: Pharmacist shot in Society Hill after chasing robberNBC10: 1 Hospitalized In Society Hill ShootingPhiladelphia Inquirer: Pharmacist critically wounded in Society Hill shooting 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/

Documentary team takes cover during fatal shooting Friday  n Kensington; reports on immediate aftermath Posted: 29 Apr 2013 03:51 PM PDT A crowd gathers as a medic leans into the victim’s car after two men were shot, one fatally, Friday in Kensington. Photograph by Sarah Fry, This is Kensington. On Saturday morning, we reported on a shooting that left one man dead and  another wounded at about 6 p.m. Friday in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. At the same time, two producers from an independent documentary project had  been on scene as a gunman opened fire, took cover as the bullets flew and then captured photographs and video footage of the immediate aftermath. The victim’s car comes to rest just after the shooting. Photograph by Sarah Fry, This is Kensington. Sarah Fry and Brad Larrison were reporting for This is Kensington, and offered permission for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project to share what they produced. Fry explains that their project “is focused on telling the stories of everyday people in  Kensington, the good and the “bad” as some might call it,” and that this time they were caught “in the middle of this violence as it happened.” Fry’s text accompanies a video that the team published online Saturday: “Then four pops, but I wasn’t really counting. Instantly they registered as gunshots.” “The driver hits the van that I am crouching next to for cover, right in front of me, not two feet away. His head smashes into the window and there is smoke everywhere. Music is still playing loudly from the car.” Fry explains in their report that she and Larrison had met a neighbor and his children, who were also caught up in the incident: “The four-year old girl with the birthday hat is screaming, panicked, crying for her father.” As we previously reported, police said the officers who witnessed the shooting were in a marked car and in uniform right behind the suspect when he opened fire. According to officials, the shooter dropped his bike and fled but was captured following brief foot pursuit. Officers recovered a .38 caliber revolver that they say was discarded during the chase. Warning: The video produced by “This is Kensington” includes extremely graphic content: Shooting at Amber and Auburn Street, Philadelphia. Larrison explained in an email that watching will “make the viewer experience  what it looks and sounds like to be at the scene of a shooting seconds after it happens.” Women react at the scene after the shooting. Photograph by Sarah Fry, This is Kensington. If 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.