Weekend gunfire hits at least 10, including boy, 3

Gunfire throughout the city injured at least 10 people this weekend, including one bullet that pierced the leg of a robbery target and landed in the foot of a 3-year-old boy.

An off-duty police officer also narrowly escaped injury yesterday when his car was riddled by gunfire from a bar patron who allegedly laid in wait for the cop after the officer intervened in a fight and the man was kicked out of the bar.

The incident involving the child took place about 2:37 p.m. Saturday when a 42-year-old man standing on the corner of West Rockland Street near North 12th in the city's Logan section was approached by two men, one of whom attempted to grab a chain from around his neck, according to Officer Christine O'Brien, police spokeswoman.

When the victim tried to physically push the robber away, the man's accomplice pulled a gun and shot the victim one time in the right leg, police said.

The bullet went through the man's leg and hit the right foot of a 3-year-old boy who lives on the block and was playing nearby, according to police.

Both victims were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in stable condition and later released.

The suspects hopped into a blue Dodge Caravan driven by a third man. The vehicle was recovered within an hour of the incident on West Wingohocking Street near Old York Road, about a half-mile from the scene, O'Brien said.

An off-duty officer from the 35th District was socializing at the J Street Cafe on East Erie Avenue near J Street in Juniata early yesterday morning when an altercation broke out inside the bar between a man and a woman, East Detectives Sgt. Tom Walsh said.

The man, identified by police as 20-year-old Darren Tores, allegedly pushed the woman and the off-duty cop intervened to break up the fight.

As a result, Tores was escorted out of the bar, Walsh said. But he didn't leave, and instead waited in his car for the off-duty cop to exit, according to police.

As the officer was getting into his car, Tores allegedly fired seven shots from a .45-caliber semiautomatic from his own vehicle, striking the officer's personal car several times but missing him, Walsh said.

Tores fled the scene and remains on the lam, according to police.

Other incidents of violence this weekend, according to police, include:

* 4:09 p.m. Saturday: A 19-year-old man who was shot in the face and neck and his 21-year-old companion who suffered a graze wound to his right side were found on Ogontz Avenue near 77th Street in the city's West Oak Lane section. Both were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where the 19-year-old remains in critical condition. The 21-year-old victim was transported in stable condition and later released.

* 12:13 a.m. yesterday: Three people, including two 15-year-old boys, were shot outside of 1-2-3 Billiards, an Olney pool hall on West Olney Avenue near North Front Street. One 15-year-old was shot once in the groin and remains in critical condition at Einstein. The second 15-year-old, who was shot once in the thigh, and a 22-year-old man who suffered a single gunshot wound to the groin, were both listed in stable condition at the same hospital.

* 1:34 a.m. yesterday: A double shooting outside of Roy's Comfort Zone, a bar on West Hunting Park Avenue near North Broad Street in the city's Hunting Park section, sent two men to Temple University Hospital. A 20-year-old man who was shot in the back was transported in critical condition but updated to stable yesterday afternoon. A 25-year-old man who was shot in the leg was transported to the same hospital and remains in stable condition.

* 2:58 a.m. yesterday: A 22-year-old man was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest on C Street near Indiana in North Philadelphia. He was transported to Temple and remains in critical condition. *