Six people were shot during halftime of a basketball league playoff game last night at the courts near the Kingesessing Recreation Center near 49th and Kingsessing at about 8:50 p.m.last night.
Police said some 500 people crowded around the courts during the game, including two police officers.
“All of a sudden they just heard gun shots,” said police spokesperson Christine O’Brien.
The game was part of the city-run Eggy Taylor and Pick Brown League.
Four men ranging in ages from 18-23 and a 20-year-old woman were shot in the legs, police said. One 19-year-old man was shot in the stomach. None of the injuries were life threatening, police said. A recreation official told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the victims were innocent bystanders.
The shooter was described as a black male, 22-24 years old with a dark complexion. He is about 5 feet, nine inches tall and was wearing a red and black baseball cap, a white t-shirt and black jeans.
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August 26th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Adda boy Bunny, keep up the good work with that “legacy” you are leaving the Kingsessing community. Tom Henry needs to be banned from the Kingsessing Recreation Center because he has fought every attempt to try to increase the safety at that recreation center. And, why would he do that? Well, because an endeavor like increasing safety means there would be more oversight at the place and less ability for him to rake in taxpayer money for his “youth support” programs–which, by the way, we can clearly see how effective his programs are…