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City records year’s 200th homicide(grim milestone in the urban quagmire)
Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 06/28/07 | Joseph A. Gambardello

Posted on 06/28/2007 3:54:05 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

A little after 11 a.m. yesterday, Ronald McCorkle walked the 125 steps from his house on Tioga Avenue to the corner of North Seventh Street in North Philadelphia and turned south to become No. 200 --snip-- Residents were clearly upset by the death of McCorkle, whom they described as a quiet, nice guy getting back on his feet after doing recent jail time.

They also were angry about what they considered a slow response by police to the shooting.

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


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1 posted on 06/28/2007 3:54:08 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

How does this compare with the number of soldiers we lost in Iraq this year.


2 posted on 06/28/2007 4:01:23 PM PDT by gidget7 ( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

“That seemed to be supported in part when crime-scene investigators arrived and found no shell casings, the standard residue of shootings involving semiautomatic handguns”.


Huuh? Has someone invented something I don’t know about?


3 posted on 06/28/2007 4:05:19 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Kid Shelleen
Demonstrating a knowledge familiar to residents of some city neighborhoods, one young man said the three shots were so loud they probably came from a .38-caliber revolver.

The young man further demonstrated his knowledge by saying that it sounded distinctly like a small-frame Smith and Wesson revolver shooting a +P, 125 gr. JHP round.

4 posted on 06/28/2007 4:06:08 PM PDT by SIDENET (Jorge W. Arbusto is the Mexchurian candidate)
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To: Kid Shelleen

What a shame - Phila has some incredible turn of the century buildings/neighborhoods that indicate a far different time.


5 posted on 06/28/2007 4:44:33 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: Kid Shelleen

But the citys elected officals had the vision to ban trans fat and show their displeasure at Gino’s window sign.

And for this great leadership they get paid, and paid well.


6 posted on 06/28/2007 7:24:16 PM PDT by chiefqc
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To: chiefqc

And the mayor is getting an Iphone !!!!


7 posted on 06/29/2007 3:07:02 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (La Raza is Spanish for Tan Klan)
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