Police: Man, 24, in critical condition following shooting in North Philadelphia
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A man is in critical condition after being shot in the back Friday in North Philadelphia, police say.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are investigating after a man was critically injured during a shooting Friday morning in North Philadelphia.
Officers responded to the 3500 block of North Germantown Avenue just before 10 a.m. for reports of gunfire.
Police say a 24-year-old man was shot once in the back. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and placed in critical condition.
Investigators are working to determine what sparked the shooting. No arrests have been reported at this time.
Gilbert Liss, 91, OB-GYN who delivered over 8,000 babies Gilbert Liss (Courtesy of Jon Liss)
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(Jewish Exponent via JTA) Dr. Gilbert Liss was an OB-GYN with a practice in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He delivered more than 8,000 babies in his career.
“When I close my eyes and think about my dad, I feel his genuine joy for seeing me, the hand squeeze or arm around me walking side by side, the elation of watching him revel in his grandchildren and the beauty of the true love affair he had with my mom,” his daughter Abbe Zuckerberg said in a statement.
Liss died Dec. 18 after a one-week illness with COVID-19 and a years-long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 91.
5-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Girl in the Head Inside Philadelphia Home
On 1/21/21 at 6:36 AM EST
A 9-year-old girl was shot in the head and killed by a 5-year-old at a home in north Philadelphia, after the children had been left inside the house unsupervised with two guns, police said.
Police found the victim with a critical wound on the right side of her head at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the property on the 2300 block of North Bouvier Street.
She was left unattended at the time of the incident, with two other children aged 5 and 12. The 12-year-old alerted law enforcement after the shooting, police said.
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