Man shot 5 times in broad daylight
A 29-year-old man was shot five times and critically wounded at lunchtime Monday in Ogontz and police took a suspect into custody after a half-hour standoff.
A 29-year-old man was shot five times and critically wounded at lunchtime Monday in Ogontz and police took a suspect into custody after a half-hour standoff.
The victim, who was described as uncooperative, was taken to Einstein Medical Center after the 11:57 a.m. shooting on the 5800 block of Old York Road, police said.
He had been shot twice in the neck, and once each in the chest, stomach and buttocks, police said.
Police said a witness told them a gunman wearing a black hoodie, and a tan hat and carrying a black backpack and tan shopping bag had run into a residence on the 1400 block of Conlyn Street, just around the corner.
The SWAT team responded and a barricade situation was declared at 12:27 p.m., police said.
At 12:56 p.m., police took three men into custody at the house, one of whom, they said, was positively identified as the gunman.
No weapons was immediately found and police were awaiting a warrant to search the house.
No charges have been filed yet.
- Joseph A. Gambardello
