Tag: Crime

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.

Read the entire story here.

From the Daily News today:

With a lot of hard work and a little luck, Anissi Ndeumajado believed he could make a decent life for himself in America.

Friends say he immigrated from West Africa more than 15 years ago and started small, selling T-shirts under a tent in Kensington.

He saved his money, sent some back to his family in Mali and used the rest to bring his wife, Bintousoumar, to Philadelphia. About three years ago, the couple scraped together enough cash to open their own clothing shop, Urban Wear, on Wyoming Avenue near Mascher Street, in Feltonville.

But police say two coldhearted punks wrote a nightmarish ending to Ndeumajado’s version of the American dream when they set foot in his store shortly after 1:30 p.m. yesterday and tried to pull off a robbery.

Instead, the assailants – who are believed to be between the ages of 16 and 20 – opened fire, shooting Ndeumajado dead and critically wounding his wife, who managed to stagger out of the store before collapsing, police said.

The vermin strike again.  Read the entire story here.

We’re continuing to track crime in Frankford.  The newest addition to our page is a murder map of Frankford for 2008.  Take a look here.

You can be a part of getting gun off the streets of our neighborhood.

FGM will host an event organized by the 15th District of the Philadelphia Police Dept. called a “Gun Buy Back.” The date is August 15, 10am-2pm. Members of the community who would like to turn in a gun will receive a $50 voucher for groceries, no questions asked.

I am writing to ask you to donate donate cash or grocery store gift certificates. Checks may be written to Frankford Group Ministry. Any leftover vouchers or gift certificates donated to FGM will be distributed by our Emergency Assistance Program to families in need.

The goal is to raise a total of $5,000 , of which $1,000 has already been raised.

Catherine Bowers
Executive Director
Frankford Group Ministry
4620 Griscom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19124
Tel: 215-744-2990 ext. 210

The police have installed a large verminator (police trailer permanently established) on the corner of Frankford Avenue and Foulkrod Street.  It’s too soon to know if it has had the desired effect of deterring the vermin who perpetrate crime on the innocent.  It does make a statement however.