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Detectives are hunting for whoever gunned down a 19-year-old on a Point Breeze street, leaving him critically wounded.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, officers responding to a report of a shooting found the teen with multiple wounds to his chest, laying in the middle of the 1400 block of Ellsworth Street. Police transported him to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition.
At press time, detectives had no motive or suspects.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Two charged in stabbing
Two women were taken into custody shortly after police said they got into a fight with a 20-year-old and stabbed her in Point Breeze. The incident began at 1:48 p.m. Jan. 21 on the 1600 block of South Ringgold Street.
Nicole Wylie, 25, from the above block, and Antuanette Reid, 23, from the 500 block of Moore Street, each were charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, possession of an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering another person, burglary and criminal mischief.
The two are accused of knocking on the 20-year-old’s door, saying they wanted to fight her, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The victim closed the door on them only to have Wylie hurl a brick through a front window, police said. When the 20-year-old came outside, Reid is accused of taking a steak knife off her person and stabbing the victim twice in the right hand and once in the back.
The suspects ran after the alleged attack and were last seen going east on Ringgold.
The victim called police, who rounded up the suspects a short time later in the area.
The victim went to HUP via medic in stable condition.
Police don’t know why the two wanted to pick a fight with the victim.
Arrest in December shooting
A 25-year-old has been charged with attempted murder and related offenses in connection to a Dec. 23 shooting where he allegedly shot his girlfriend’s brother.
Dwaine Hughes, aka Aleem Hughes from the 2000 block of South Bonsall Street, surrendered to police 9:30 a.m. Jan. 7 and was charged with — in addition to attempted murder — criminal conspiracy, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, carrying a firearm on the street and carrying without a license.
At 7:53 p.m., police responding to a report of a shooting on the 1300 block of South 17th Street found a 20-year-old with a gunshot to his upper right leg, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The victim was taken to HUP in serious condition, where he told cops he was arguing with his sister over food and money. The dispute spilled into the street, where Hughes pulled up in his silver 2002 Lincoln sedan and allegedly shot the victim from inside the vehicle, Tolliver said.
Hughes fled the scene, but police issued a warrant for his arrest about five days later when they recovered the unoccupied Lincoln, Tolliver said.
Insult to injury
Two muggers stuck a knife in a man’s throat and ordered him to undress and give up his money. The bizarre incident happened at about 3:15 a.m. Sunday as the victim was walking to a friend’s house on the 2800 block of Cantrell Street.
The perpetrators approached the victim from behind and forced him to remove his clothes at knifepoint, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. With his pants off as ordered, he was cut on the right hand when he attempted to run while removing his shirt, Tolliver said. The victim was able to flee from his attackers and call police.
A medic took the 28-year-old to Methodist Hospital, where he needed three stitches to close the hand wound.
The victim was unable to provide police with any description of the offenders.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Unknown object in the back
While walking on the 800 block of West Moyamensing Avenue Sunday night, a 30-year-old was mugged of $55 and his Samsung cellphone.
A man approached the victim from behind at about 11:40 p.m., stuck an unknown object in his back and announced a stickup, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said. The perpetrator went through the man’s pockets and took the aforementioned items before running north on Eighth Street toward Wolf Street.
The culprit was described as black, age 17 to 18, about 5-foot-5, about 130 pounds and wearing tan cargo pants and a green-and-blue hoody.
To report information, call South Detectives at 215-686-3013.
Capping off the afternoon
A woman allegedly threatened to slit a man’s throat if he didn’t return her hat.
Eugenia Drake, 52, from the 2300 block of South 23rd Street, was charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person in the 12:18 p.m. Jan. 22 incident.
Investigators don’t know the nature of the relationship between the two, but Drake is believed to have visited the 47-year-old on the 1500 block of South Opal Street and, when he answered the door, pulled a knife and issued the threat, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detectives said.
The woman fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction, but the man called the cops, who stopped her a short while later on the 1900 block of Tasker Street in Point Breeze. A kitchen knife with a black handle was recovered on Drake’s person, police said.
Fumo friend gets probation
A onetime cronie of former state Sen. Vince Fumo was sentenced in federal court Monday to five years probation in connection to a Senate contract that paid him $287,000, but, according to prosecutors, did not involve any work.
Michael Palermo, 69, of Northeast Philadelphia, was ordered to serve the first year of probation under house arrest and wear an electronic bracelet, according to court records. The defendant also must perform 250 hours of community service and pay a fine of $25,000.
Palermo pleaded guilty to mail-fraud conspiracy in October.
According to court records, the now-jailed Fumo awarded Palermo Senate Appropriations Committee contracts between 1999 and 2004 that netted Palermo $45,000 to $66,000 a year. The Feds claim the contracts were phony and Palermo did no work. Fumo was the committee’s Democratic chairman from ’84 through ’07.
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