The City Of Brotherly Homicides
By Wyatt Earp | September 12, 2011
Five homicides in twenty hours. God, I love this town!
Five Philadelphia men were fatally shot in separate cases in the city on Sunday, according to police. The violence began shortly after midnight, when four men were struck by gunfire at 12:28 a.m., on the 1800 block of North Newkirk Street in the city’s Brewerytown section, police said. One man, 20, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.
In a completely unrelated note, the mayor canceled the last two police academy classes. But wait, there’s more!
Much more . . .
At 3:06 a.m., police discovered a man with four or five gunshot wounds in his torso in a car at Franklin Street and Girard Avenue. The 22-year-old victim was pronounced dead at 3:18 a.m. [At] 3:08 p.m., a 23-year-old man was shot in the chest and right leg on the street at 2718 W. Eyre St. He was taken to Temple Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:54 p.m.
A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest in the 1600 block of North Lindenwood in Overbrook around 7:30 p.m. A few minutes later and about a half-mile away, a 27-year-old man was shot in the neck in the 5200 block of Master Street in West Philadelphia.
The current homicide count for the year is 228 (the article is off by three). City Hall sources say that if we hit 300, every citizen gets a free milkshake, courtesy of Checkers.
Topics: Philly | 17 Comments »
September 12th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Wow… That’s pretty bad… Stay safe Wyatt.
September 12th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
I remember the 70′s in Chicago when the Homicide guys were ordered to keep the count under 1,000. Creative writing and book keeping was the order of the day.
One of the reasons the count stays low in all big cities now is the EMS, paramedics and trauma centers in large hospitals. Many victims saved by modern medicine.
Stay Safe and make sure you go home to your families……………………
September 12th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Free MLK shake? Chit Yeah!
September 12th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Sully – The irony is that it’s mostly black killing blacks. If the civic “leaders” would focus upon the trouble within their ranks instead of blaming Bush, Governor Corbett, etc, maybe things would change.
LDIV – That’s going on here, too. More than 229 homicides, right now. Trust me.
Captain – It’s a black and white. Peace!
September 12th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Just wonderin’ how many “libertarians” out there would care to join a peace officer on his/her nightly rounds in your fair city? You know, the ones who are always promoting the legalization of drugs.
(Crickets……)
September 12th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Stay safe, my friend.
September 12th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
“The irony is that it’s mostly black killing blacks. If the civic “leaders” would focus upon the trouble within their ranks instead of blaming Bush, Governor Corbett, etc, maybe things would change.” But Wyatt, that’s RACIST… (telling the truth that is)… At least if they are shooting each other, they aren’t shooting US!
September 12th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
I carry a 380, unless I’m going into the city. Then I break out the 45, and extra mags.
September 12th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Robert B. – Probably very few. And my division is chock full of drug dealers.
Old NFO – Yeah, but not all of the victims are toads. Of course, we could solve a lot more homicides if a witness or two would cooperate . . .
Danny – Good advice.
September 13th, 2011 at 7:17 am
Robert B opined:
Just wonderin’ how many “libertarians” out there would care to join a peace officer on his/her nightly rounds in your fair city? You know, the ones who are always promoting the legalization of drugs.
(Crickets……)
I do, and I will in a forking heartbeat. Legalize the shit, and then these bozos will need to find another reason to protect their turf. Drug war has been an epic FAIL!
September 13th, 2011 at 8:04 am
That’s like asking if someone wanted to go with cops busting run runners during Prohibition. Dealers are going to be violent types, whose business depends on the full faith and credence that they will open a can of whup-ass on their competitors in the market and their enemies from the government. The violence of dealers in illegal substances is not an argument (one way or the other, mind) for legalization
September 13th, 2011 at 9:51 am
That sign looks like those signs where I used to go hunting. The tragedy is the innocents who are hit in crossfires or robbed etc. If it were possible to isolate and save that 10%, for the other 90% who are thugs, I would have free ammo give aways every Friday night and free gun smithing so they are in tip top shape, as long as its thug shooting thug we need to speed things up.
September 13th, 2011 at 11:21 am
Wyatt:
If you think you have a problem NOW, wait until the bad blacks run out of (any other) blacks to kill…and they begin looking elsewhere.
(it’s already begun in many places)
Civic or ethnic community “leaders” aren’t worth the air they breathe…they do nothing but get RE-elected.
And finding “witnesses”?
I hear this all the time…
About THIRTY people (lookie-loos) are on scene when the shooting occurs, but NOT ONE of them “saw” anything…A-frigging-mazing!
(an “inconvenient blindness”, no doubt)
It’s a sad commentary when people refer to urban environments…it’s a helluva lot worse than many realize, and too few are forthcoming with the truth.
Glad you’re ONE of them!
You roll safe out there.
September 13th, 2011 at 11:24 am
Jon Brooks,
I have always maintained we need to bring these hoodlums to the range and teach them to shoot, maybe they’ll hit each other that way, and stop whacking the three year old girl in the playground 400 yards away. It’s also possible that 1 or 2 might actually enjoy shooting legally, and turn over a new leaf.
September 13th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
L Frame – Legalization won’t do jack. There will still be a black market, and that will keep the dealers in business.
Ian – The most realistic portrayal of the inner-city drug trade is The Wire. Captures what goes on in Baltimore (and Philly) perfectly. Guns, drugs, and more guns.
Jon – Yeah, thug vs. thug is a victimless crime, IMO.
Bob G. – The brilliant thing about my division is that most of our officers lock people up with a half ounce of weed, then claim they’re keeping the streets safe. Sure you are, Serpico.
L Frame – Either way, it’s win-win.
September 13th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
I’d be happy to get the violence down to the level of cigarette smugglers, for example. I’m someone who decidedly does not self-identify as libertarian and thinks the drug war to note be worth the cost.
September 13th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
Ian – Agreed.