Monday, March 24, 2008

Double Shooting at 5000 Parish Street

On March 22, at 7:03 pm, police found 38-year-old James Lane, a black male, lying on the porch by the front door of his house, located on the 5000 block of Parrish Street. Police say Lane had a gun next to him.  He was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:18 pm.

The second victim, Raphael Ray Richburg, a 21-year-old black male from 400 south 49th Street, was found lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. Richburg was transported to the University of Pennsylvania where he was pronounced dead at 7:37 pm.

Police say the victims apparently knew the shooter. 

The city's body count for 2008: 64

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