Pregnant woman shot in back on 60th & Lansdowne Ave

May 24, 2011 0

Screen-shot-2011-05-24-at-11.13.53-PM Pregnant woman shot in back on 60th & Lansdowne Ave

A pregnant woman and and a man were hospitalized after a shooting on 60th Street near Lansdowne Avenue at about 9:15 in West Philadelphia Tuesday night.

Police Lt. John Walker said the 20-year old woman is seven months pregnant and was undergoing surgery at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania at about 10:30 p.m.

The woman was shot once in the back and leg, and was hospitalized in critical condition, Walker said.

The 20-year-old man was shot once in the leg and back and was found on Lansdowne Avenue. He was listed in stable condition at HUP.

Walker said that at about 9:15 p.m. the two victims were sitting on the porch of a house when two unknown men came up and opened fire. Walker said the two shooters fled on foot.

 

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