Mom, 2 kids climb onto roof of Philly home to escape gunfire; boyfriend shot

Wednesday, November 2, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police responding to a shooting found a woman and her two young children on the roof of a home screaming for help.

It happened on the 2000 block of Castor Avenue in Port Richmond just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
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Police say a 33-year-old man was in the home with his girlfriend and her two children, ages 3 and 5, when the male shooter entered and began firing.

The suspect fired at least two shots. The 33-year-old man was struck twice in the legs.

He was taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.
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Police say during the shooting, the woman took her two children and climbed out a second-floor window and onto the roof for safety.

Police say the shooter is a man known to the victim and they know where he lives.
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