6 wounded in 5 shootings in Chester

Gun violence rocked the city of Chester over the weekend, and police yesterday were trying to determine if any of the shootings were related.

About 12:45 a.m. Saturday, a 29-year-old man was critically injured after he was shot in a drive-by shooting on Aarons Way near Union Street, said Detective James Nolan IV.

Four minutes later, on 4th Street near Penn, a 48-year-old man who was sitting outside was shot in the buttocks by one of two men who approached him, Nolan said. A police source identified the victim as Lorenzo "Zoe" Powell.

About 1:55 a.m. Saturday, a man shot in the left shin walked into Crozer-Chester Medical Center and said he had been the victim of crossfire between shooters in a white car and a green car on Crosby Street near 13th. Police went to the area but could not find evidence of a shooting, Nolan said.

Later Saturday, police spotted a white 2007 Buick at 5th and Kerlin streets, believed to have been involved in the Aarons Way shooting. Police tried to stop the car, but it took off, then struck another car. Three men jumped out of the car and ran, with one exchanging gunfire with police. No one was hit, but a Chester officer fell and broke his arm. Police caught all three men in a shed.

Charged with aggravated assault on police and related offenses were Lamar Branche, 27, of Buist Avenue near 82nd Street in the Eastwick section of Philadelphia; Sterling Stockman, 33, of Chester, the alleged driver; and Wayne Vick, 28, of Chester. Police were still trying to determine if they had been involved in the Aarons Way shooting.

On Sunday, shortly after 4 a.m., a 22-year-old Chester man's car was shot up on Edgmont Avenue near 20th Street while he was inside, but he was not injured.

Then, about 3:30 p.m. that day, an 18-year-old man walked into Crozer-Chester with a leg wound and said he had been shot while walking on Edgmont near 20th, Nolan said. The man said he had first gone home because he didn't feel any pain. Police yesterday were trying to determine the relationship, if any, between this man and the one in the car.

Then, about 11 p.m. Sunday, two teens were shot at 8th and Sproul streets. Nolan said a 15-year-old boy was shot once in the shoulder and in both legs, and a 14-year-old was shot in his left leg. Police were still seeking the gunman.