Did The Pigs Shoot 2 Kids?...

[Revolutionary_Student]

Gun Battles on Philadelphia Streets

WEST PHILADELPHIA - May 3, 2006 - Police in Philadelphia have once again fired their guns in the line of duty on city streets. Officers opened fire in 2 different spots overnight.

The incidents took place along the 200 block of Frazier Street and the 5600 block of Walnut Street in West Philadelphia.

A 17-year-old boy was shot in the face. A second victim was shot in a leg and a shoulder.

It is unclear if either of the two victims were shot by police or by someone else.

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(Copyright 2006 by 6abc and Action News. All rights reserved.)

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I'll keep you updated on what the media says/tries to cover up about the shooting as the story unfolds. Don't want to jump to conclusions but I'd say the pigs did it.

[Revolutionary_Student]

According to this report from Philadelphia Inquirer, the two victims shot each other. Of course the police sergeant would say that.

5 guns found at W. Phila. shootout
Two men wounded each other just after midnight, police said.

By Peter Mucha
Inquirer Staff Writer
A West Philadelphia shootout just after midnight left two men wounded and another arrested.

A male, 17, was shot in the face and taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where his condition improved from critical to stable, police said.

Another male, 23, who suffered superficial wounds to the back and leg, was taken into custody after being treated at Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia.

A third male, found hiding under a truck near a gun stashed in a wheel wheel, was arrested and charged with weapons violations.

The two wounded men apparently shot each other, said Sgt. Ronald Eldridge of Southwest Detectives.
Two plainclothes detectives happened upon the shooting while trailing some drug suspects, Edridge said.

A man pointed a gun at the officers, who resembled guys from the neighborhood, and one officer discharged his weapon once, but that that shot is not believed to have struck anyone, Eldridge said.

Officers in street clothes coming up on a scene like that is "the worst thing," but luckily no officers got shot, he said. Police are seeking other people who took part in the shootout, including a man who fled down an alley where another gun was found.

Five guns were recovered in all.

At 7:30 this morning, police were still on the scene, looking for more catridges, guns and other evidence.