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From the Inquirer today:
Dwayne Thorpe, 22, of the 4400 block of Paul Street in East Frankford, has been charged with murder, aggravated assault and related offenses in connection with the shooting death of Hamin Span, 30.
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This is our first on Tacony Street. I have an old memory of this block (4700) from way back in 1948 when my father, his brother Bill and I were stranded in Bill’s old red Willys car right on the corner. We were close enough to walk but it’s been a few years and the memory still hangs on. There were several nice homes in this block so I had to take the one with the best view. It’s a busy street.
On the murder of Amissi Ndikumasabo, Frankford resident, at his Feltenville store:
As police pressed their hunt for the killers of a beloved Feltonville clothing-store owner, his fellow African Muslims began a fund drive to ship his body back to his native Mali and spent yesterday remembering his struggle to make a life for his family.
Two men shot Amissi Ndikumasabo, 41, in the head Tuesday afternoon. His wife, Bintou Soumare, 45, wounded by a bullet to her left temple, remained in critical condition at Temple University Hospital. The couple has two children.
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From the Inquirer:
Two episodes of gunfire within a few miles of each other today in the Northeast have left two men dead, according to police.
Gunfire at noon in Wissinoming left an 18-year-old dead and a 17-year-old hospitalized.
The older teen, shot multiple times in the 4800 block of Tackawanna Avenue, was taken to Frankford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to Officer Tanya Little.
The other victim, shot in the hips and buttocks at the same location, was in stable condition this afternoon at Frankford Torresdale, she said.
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