UPDATE (April 10, 12:43 p.m.) Two men have been charged in the shootings that resulted in the lengthy shutdown of the 40th Street trolley portal late yesterday afternoon. A witness who was sitting in a South Philly park told police he heard several gunshots and saw two vehicles parked side by side near 25th and Wolf streets. The vehicles then fled in opposite directions. One vehicle was found at 40th and Woodland, near the trolley portal, with several bullet holes. A passenger in the car had been taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is listed in stable condition. That person, a 22-year-old man, is under police guard at the hospital and faces firearms and other charges. A second man, 26 years of age, who police say was in the other vehicle was also apprehended and faces similar charges.
UPDATE (8:30 p.m.): Trolley service resumed around 7 p.m. with residual delays. There are conflicting reports about where the shooting took place. A car with bullet holes was found near the portal, and the driver was taken to the hospital. We’ll update when we have more information.
Several trolley lines were diverted at about 5 p.m. following a shooting near the trolley portal at 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue, according to police.
Philly.com is reporting that an argument between two motorists near 25th and Wolf streets in South Philadelphia ended in gunfire in West Philadelphia at the trolley portal. One person was reportedly injured and has been taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Trolley lines 11, 13, 34 and 36 in both directions have been diverted.
April 9th, 2015 at 6:16 pm
Stay classy, West Philly
April 9th, 2015 at 6:20 pm
We’ll do our best. God knows there are no other parts of the city that have shootings.
April 9th, 2015 at 6:31 pm
Abc news says the shooting happened in south philly.
http://6abc.com/news/police-occupants-of-car-van-shot-at-each-other-in-s-philly/645242/
April 9th, 2015 at 7:13 pm
Stay classy, christina.
April 9th, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Happens everywhere! Nothing to do with class. Bodies found in bridesburg,guns firing near temple, shooting via bicycle in port richmond, and Mayfair shootings every other day. Let’s not forget how the northeast,liberties and Roxborough full of methadone junkies. Not sure where Christina is from but I’m sure it’s all sunshine and rainbows full of class.
April 10th, 2015 at 12:36 am
Not to mention it was south Philly bringing their beef over the bridge!
April 10th, 2015 at 12:58 am
Frankie:
How many elderly women with MBAs from the suburbs do you see walking down the street shooting guns? Just saying. Does class/poverty/opportunity/education/demographics not play some part?
For the record: I may be concerned those women might run a financial firm and take my retirement savings in a Ponzi scheme, but I would be rather surprised if they are the shooters.
April 10th, 2015 at 8:17 am
Let’s talk about the demographics in the area. For instance the area where the shooting occurred has shifted toward university employees, doctors, professors and yes elderly woman with MBA’s. It also had a large population of students.
Maybe you’re correct. I don’t have to worry about the citizens in the suburbs. They usually just murder their spouses, burn down the house and hack one another with chainsaws.
April 10th, 2015 at 8:51 am
Well said Frankie.
April 10th, 2015 at 9:35 am
Frankie, of course, all of these crimes are terrible and tragedy. No doubt.
But the example you mentioned (a house burning down) obviously happens a lot less than people shooting guns on the street.
Shooting guns on the street also has a much more public element, and destroys neighborhoods much more quickly.
Guns on the street make people afraid to walk around. It changes the character of a neighborhood, and changes characters IN the neighborhood. People who have the resources to move go somewhere else. People who are ok with gun violence (young men with no opportunities, basically) stay and take over the hood.
No thanks.
So – given the choice between a gun shot on the street and one in a house – I would take the latter, anyway. Keep it in your homes, people. Or how about dealing with your anger with your words? Or a poem? Or paint a picture? Why are people so angry and have such poor tools to deal with their anger? These are serious questions, and the answers are not always clear.
It is just frustrating to choose to live in a neighborhood, pay my taxes, hire my staff, and have a few idiots hurt the community and disrupt our office so easily and so thoughtlessly (and I mean that literally…young people don’t have fully developed brains and don’t understand consequences the way adults do).