Sunday Bloody Sunday

All that follows happened on Sun., April 27, 2008.

At 1:45 a.m. police responded to the report of a shooting at the 4900 block of N. Broad St. Upon arrival they found Marcus Davis, a 37 year old black male from the 3300 block of N. Phillip St., suffering from one gunshot to the head. Mr. Davis was transported to Einstein and pronounced dead at 2:05 a.m. A second victim was found at the scene suffering from a single gunshot to the back. He too was transported to Einstein where he remains in critical but stable condition.

At 2:48 a.m. police responded to a call that brought them to the 6800 block of Limekiln Pike where they found Tyrone Miller, a 43 year old black male from the 1900 block of E. Haines, who had been shot multiple times in the face and chest. Mr. Miller was pronounced dead at 2:55 a.m.

At 4:02 a.m. officers on patrol discovered a victim on the 5000 block of N. Broad. Louis Campbell, a 66 year old black male from the 1000 block of W. Rockland St., had suffered blunt force trauma. Mr. Campbell was transported to Einstein by medics, and was pronounced dead at 5:25 a.m. Nicole Wilson, a 26 year old white female from the 5000 block of N. Warnock, was arrested the same day in connection with Mr. Campbell's death.

At 1:37 p.m police responded to a shooting at the 300 block of Busti St. where they found Robert McNair, a 48 year old black male from the same locale, suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso. Mr. McNair was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and pronounced dead at 1:47 p.m.

At 5:49 p.m. police responded to a shooting at the 2100 block of E. Cambria St. Upon arrival they found Kalis Leslie, a 15 year old black male from the 1700 block of S. 60th St., suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Mr. Leslie was transported to Temple where he was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m. A second victim was also found at the scene. He remains in critical condition at Temple. He is 18 years old. No motive or suspect is known in this case at this time.

The city's body count for 2008: 101