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Two found dead above Market in Brewerytown

1TWO FOUND DEAD ABOVE MARKET . . . A man and a woman were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment above the Oxford Mini Market, on Redner Street near 30th, in Brewerytown, yesterday afternoon, police said. The unidentified victims were found about 2:45 p.m., cops said. Police had made no arrests as of last night.

1TWO FOUND DEAD ABOVE MARKET . . .

A man and a woman were found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment above the Oxford Mini Market, on Redner Street near 30th, in Brewerytown, yesterday afternoon, police said. The unidentified victims were found about 2:45 p.m., cops said. Police had made no arrests as of last night.

2 . . . THEN TEEN KILLED A BLOCK AWAY

Less than five hours later and little more than a block away, a teenage girl believed to be between 15 and 18 years old was shot and killed at 30th and Jefferson streets.

The victim was shot once each in the stomach and chest, cops said, and was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Police last night said they had no evidence linking the two incidents.

3TWO SHOT IN STRIP-CLUB PARKING LOT

Two men were shot and wounded in the parking lot of a gentleman's club in South Philadelphia early yesterday morning, police said.

Police were called shortly after 2:30 a.m. to Club Onyx on Columbus Boulevard near Snyder Avenue, where they found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the foot and a 19-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the buttocks, cops said. Both men were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition. Investigators had no information on suspects or motive.

4D.A. WEIGHS CHARGES IN SCHOOL ATTACK

Suspensions have been handed down against three Roxborough High School juniors who allegedly roughed up a younger classmate on Monday, and the District Attorney's Office is weighing whether to file charges against the three. They could face assault charges.

The freshman was attacked about 9:30 Monday morning inside a gym locker room, police said. As the student was buttoning his pants after gym class, the three boys ripped off his pants and underwear and dragged him on the floor, police said.

Officer Michael O'Brien, of the Special Victims Unit, said that two of the students said it was a prank gone wrong.

He added that more students may have been involved. The three boys were suspended for five days, and hearings next week will determine which disciplinary schools they'll be transferred to.

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CHARGES IN COP-CAR BURNING

Two more people have been charged in a commercial burglary and the theft of a Cherry Hill police car found crashed and on fire in Camden this weekend.

John Daraio, 38, of Mount Laurel, and Anthony Knight, 31, of Camden, were captured in Camden by federal marshals, police spokesman Sgt. Joseph Vitarelli said yesterday.

The men and Jessica Likaitis, 24, of Westville, face charges including burglary, theft and eluding officers.

Police said that they were trying to steal televisions from a business early Sunday.

CONVICTION IN FATAL TRUCK ACCIDENT

Sheraz Khan, 42, a Long Island truck driver, was convicted in Camden yesterday of vehicular-homicide charges arising from the deaths of three people in a collision on Route 295 on Sept. 11, 2008.

Khan was heading north in the right lane of 295 in Cherry Hill when he lost control of his 18-wheeler.

The vehicle veered into oncoming traffic, where it collided with a Volkswagen, killing its driver, and a refrigerator-box truck, killing two people.

- Staff and wire reports