Robbery victim stable after being shot seven times

A robbery victim who survived being shot seven times in North Philly early yesterday was among those who were assaulted in the city this weekend.

The unidentified 29-year-old man was walking on Germantown Avenue near Oakdale Street about 12:05 a.m. when he was approached by two men who demanded his money at gunpoint, police said.

After robbing the victim of $250, one of the assailants shot him seven times and said he did so because the victim had tried to run, police said.

Despite bullet wounds to his abdomen, arms and legs, the victim was listed in stable condition yesterday at Temple University Hospital.

Police said that the assailants were both black men between 25 and 30 years old. One was heavyset, about 5-feet-8 with a light beard. The other was about 6 feet tall with a thin build and a cleanshaven face.

The robbers were allegedly being driven around by an unidentified woman in a late-model Dodge Charger, according to police.

Shortly before that shooting, about 11:38 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a home on Bouvier Street near York in North Philadelphia, where they found a 23-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.

The unidentified victim told police he had been sitting in his car, which was parked on the street about a block away, when two men ran past, one of whom turned and fired a gun at his vehicle.

Although he was able to run home after being shot, the victim is now listed in serious condition at Temple, according to police.

Two women - a mother and daughter - were listed in stable condition yesterday after a hammer attack Saturday night by the mother's boyfriend, police said.

The 50-year-old mother was staying with her 21-year-old daughter on Haworth Street near Cottage, in Northeast Philadelphia, after an argument with her live-in boyfriend, who then showed up at her daughter's home, police said.

The 44-year-old man, who has not been identified, allegedly broke a window in the front door to try and get inside. One of the women grabbed a hammer to defend herself, but he snatched it and used it to hit them.

Both women were taken to Aria Health's Torresdale campus, where they required stitches and other treatment.

The alleged assailant is known to police, but they did not release his name and he had not been arrested as of last night.

Also still on the lam last night was the person who left a 46-year-old man in critical condition after stabbing him in the neck at 1:20 a.m. yesterday on 52nd Street near Arch, in West Philadelphia.

The victim, who was not identified by police, remains in critical condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.