1 KIDS DRAW GUN ON BUS DRIVER
Three juveniles on foot allegedly brandished a gun at a bus driver while he was making a stop Saturday night in Kingsessing, according to a SEPTA spokesman.
The Route 40 bus driver was stopped at 54th Street and Chester Avenue about 10:55 p.m. when three boys approached his window, at least one of whom pointed a gun at the driver, said Andrew Busch, SEPTA spokesman. There were no shots fired and the kids ran away before police arrived, Busch said. He was not aware of a motive but said that if the kids planned to rob the bus driver, they wouldn't have gotten very far because the fare boxes are locked and drivers can't access the money.
2 MAN SHOT IN OLD CITY HOLDUP TRY
A man was able to flip over one of two robbers who attacked him and his girlfriend early Saturday in Old City but he was shot by the other robber as that man fled the scene, police said.
After leaving a club on 2nd Street near Pine and walking more than a mile to their car, police said, the couple was approached on American Street near Wood about 3 a.m. by two men who pointed guns at them.
A struggle followed and police said that the male victim flipped one of the robbers over his shoulder, knocking the gun out of his hand.
The second robber then reached in his waistband and as that man ran away, the victim heard a single shot that hit him in the buttocks and exited his right thigh, police said.
The 28-year-old victim was listed in stable condition at Hahnemann University Hospital. Both robbers remain on the loose.
3 TEENS WOUNDED IN BREWERYTOWN
A shooting in Brewerytown Saturday night left two teens in critical condition, police said.
About 10:55 p.m., police found a 16-year-old boy who was shot twice in the right side of his body and once in his left foot on Cabot Street near 30th, police said.
As he was being taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, police found another victim, a 17-year-old girl, sitting on steps about a block away from the crime scene. She said that she'd been shot once in the left side while at the crime scene and had run to get help.
Both victims are at Hahnemann in critical but stable condition. The shooter or shooters remain on the loose.
4 BIKER, FLEEING ACCIDENT, HURT IN PARKED-CAR CRASH
A motorcyclist who struck a pedestrian in Nicetown Saturday afternoon and tried to flee struck a parked car and was critically injured himself, police said.
The driver, whose identity and age were not released, was on a 2009 Suzuki on Allegheny Avenue near Marston Street about 2:45 p.m. when he hit the pedestrian and then a parked car as he fled, police said.
The pedestrian, whose age and identity also were not released, was taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.
The motorcycle driver, however, suffered head and body injuries and remains in critical condition at the same hospital, police said.
5 BOY, 8, QUESTIONED IN STABBING
An 8-year-old boy was being questioned by Cheltenham Township police for allegedly stabbing his great-grandmother twice in the back last night.
The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. inside a home on 4th Avenue near Asbury. Authorities could not confirm whether the stabbing was deliberate accidental. The great-grandmother was taken to Jeanes Hospital where her condition was not immediately known.
- Stephanie Farr and Dafney Tales
Three juveniles on foot allegedly brandished a gun at a bus driver while he was making a stop Saturday night in Kingsessing, according to a SEPTA spokesman.
The Route 40 bus driver was stopped at 54th Street and Chester Avenue about 10:55 p.m. when three boys approached his window, at least one of whom pointed a gun at the driver, said Andrew Busch, SEPTA spokesman. There were no shots fired and the kids ran away before police arrived, Busch said. He was not aware of a motive but said that if the kids planned to rob the bus driver, they wouldn't have gotten very far because the fare boxes are locked and drivers can't access the money.
2 MAN SHOT IN OLD CITY HOLDUP TRY
A man was able to flip over one of two robbers who attacked him and his girlfriend early Saturday in Old City but he was shot by the other robber as that man fled the scene, police said.
After leaving a club on 2nd Street near Pine and walking more than a mile to their car, police said, the couple was approached on American Street near Wood about 3 a.m. by two men who pointed guns at them.
A struggle followed and police said that the male victim flipped one of the robbers over his shoulder, knocking the gun out of his hand.
The second robber then reached in his waistband and as that man ran away, the victim heard a single shot that hit him in the buttocks and exited his right thigh, police said.
The 28-year-old victim was listed in stable condition at Hahnemann University Hospital. Both robbers remain on the loose.
3 TEENS WOUNDED IN BREWERYTOWN
A shooting in Brewerytown Saturday night left two teens in critical condition, police said.
About 10:55 p.m., police found a 16-year-old boy who was shot twice in the right side of his body and once in his left foot on Cabot Street near 30th, police said.
As he was being taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, police found another victim, a 17-year-old girl, sitting on steps about a block away from the crime scene. She said that she'd been shot once in the left side while at the crime scene and had run to get help.
Both victims are at Hahnemann in critical but stable condition. The shooter or shooters remain on the loose.
4 BIKER, FLEEING ACCIDENT, HURT IN PARKED-CAR CRASH
A motorcyclist who struck a pedestrian in Nicetown Saturday afternoon and tried to flee struck a parked car and was critically injured himself, police said.
The driver, whose identity and age were not released, was on a 2009 Suzuki on Allegheny Avenue near Marston Street about 2:45 p.m. when he hit the pedestrian and then a parked car as he fled, police said.
The pedestrian, whose age and identity also were not released, was taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.
The motorcycle driver, however, suffered head and body injuries and remains in critical condition at the same hospital, police said.
5 BOY, 8, QUESTIONED IN STABBING
An 8-year-old boy was being questioned by Cheltenham Township police for allegedly stabbing his great-grandmother twice in the back last night.
The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. inside a home on 4th Avenue near Asbury. Authorities could not confirm whether the stabbing was deliberate accidental. The great-grandmother was taken to Jeanes Hospital where her condition was not immediately known.
- Stephanie Farr and Dafney Tales
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