Violent Weekend

On April 12 at 4:50 am police responded to a radio call about reports of a shooting. They arrived to the 700 block of Roosevelt and found the body of Robert F. Stone, a 50-year-old white male, who had suffered multiple gun shot wounds to the head and chest. Mr. Stone was pronounced dead at 5:09 am.

Again on April 12 at 12:43 pm officers responded to a call for a person with a gun at the 5600 block of Chew Ave. Upon arrival they found the victim, Kenneth Wiggins, a 19 year-old black male from the 1300 block of Unruh St, lying unconscious, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Medics arrived, transported Mr Wiggins to Einstein. He was pronounced dead at 1:05 pm.

April 12, 6:05 pm, officers responded to a call about reports of a shooting at the 2600 block of W. Silver. When they arrived, the victim, Gregory Barber, a 24-year-old black male from the 2800 block of N. 25th St, was suffering from a gun shot wound to the torso. Medics arrived and transported him to Temple. Mr Barber was pronounced dead at 6:36 pm. There was a second victim at the scene. He too was transported to Temple and is currently listed in critical condition. There is no info on the second victim yet available.

On April 13, 2:45 am police responded to a call police that brought them to the 5900 block of Girard Ave. where they found three shooting victims, all suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. A fourth victim was found later at the 1200 block of N. 50th St. All shooting victims were transported to HUP. One victim, Reginald Mailey, a 36-year-old black male from the 400 block of N. 54th St., was pronounced dead at 7:07 am. No info yet available on the other three victims.

On April 13 at 5:15 am police responded to a call that brought them to the 1500 block of Germantown Ave. Upon arrival, they found a victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Medics arrived. Quadii Soulimani, a 33-year-old Asian from the 2700 block of Clubhouse Dr. in Deptford, NJ, was pronounced dead at 5:30am.

Again on April 13 officers were called to the 2400 block of N. 25th St. where they found a victim suffering from a stab wound to the chest. Raymond Brown, an 18-year-old black male from the 2000 block of Lambert St., was transported to Temple at 5:05 pm, and pronounced dead at 6:30 pm.

This morning at 2:15 am police were called to the 4700 block of States Dr. in Fairmount Park. Once there they discovered a black man who'd sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body. He was pronounced dead at 2:25 am. There is no information about the victim at this time.