Shooting reported near Duckrey Tanner School

Temple Police are investigating a shooting that occurred northwest of Main Campus earlier today.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said a 36-year-old man was shot seven times on 16th Street near Susquehanna Avenue and is listed in critical condition at Temple University Hospital.

The man was shot two times in each calf, once in the thigh and twice in the buttocks.

Police sent out a TU Alert around 5:40 p.m. warning students to avoid the area of the shooting.

Leone said the victim was “not cooperating with the investigation.”

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Shooting reported near Health Sciences Campus

An unidentified male shot a 24-year-old man in the calf and thigh while he was walking West on Westmoreland Street from Germantown Avenue near the Health Sciences Campus at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday, Temple Police said.

A TU Alert was issued about 1:30 a.m. cautioning students to stay away from the 1300 block of West Westmoreland Street.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said the victim could not give a description of the offender or where they ran to. He added the victim was taken to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.

Leone said the victim has had several run-ins with Temple Police for the past three years for disturbances around the hospital, like fighting and other incidents of assault.

“I believe he puts himself at risk wandering the streets late at night,” Leone said.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Assault reported west of Main Campus

A 22-year-old Temple student was punched in the face at about 11:10 p.m. Friday by an unknown man on the 1700 block of W. Oxford St., police said.

The man was described as 16-20 years old and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants, said Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone.

A TU Alert was sent out about the incident at around 12:10 a.m. Saturday, describing it as an assault.

The man stole the student’s black Samsung Galaxy phone before fleeing west on Oxford Street towards 18th Street, said Brandon Lausch, director of strategic marketing and communications. He added the student was taken to Temple University Hospital and given stitches for his cut lip from the punch.

Leone said police are looking at footage from the cameras from nearby private apartments.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Shooting reported near HSC Tuesday night

Police are investigating a shooting that occurred on N. Park Avenue near W. Westmoreland Street Tuesday night.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services said the victim was 19, and not a Temple student. After he was shot, police located him on Carlisle Street near Allegheny Avenue.

A TU Alert was sent out at about 6:15 last night.

Leone said the victim was being uncooperative at Temple University Hospital, where he remains in critical condition for a gunshot wound to the shoulder.

He added there may have been gunfire from both the victim and suspect—police are looking for both a male and female who could have been involved in the shooting.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Update on Friday night shooting near HSC

Police are still investigating the events concerning a TU Alert sent out around 6 p.m. Friday, after a man entered Temple University Hospital wounded in both legs and carrying a firearm.

The man, 23, had been shot three times in his right leg and twice in his left but is in stable condition, said Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services.

The report filed by the shooter, however, claims only one shot was fired, Leone wrote in an email Saturday.

The shooter, a 24-year-old man, had been sitting in his car with his girlfriend earlier that evening near the intersection of Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue when an argument ensued between the man and a group of men outside his vehicle, including the victim.

The shooter told Philadelphia Police he fired one shot when he feared the victim was going to rob him, and then called 911 from the McDonalds parking lot across the street.

“I think there’s more to the story, and we’re just going to keep digging at it and come to a conclusion,” Leone said, adding different accounts can lead to inaccurate information at the beginning of an investigation.

“When witnesses start talking to you, it’s amazing how five different people can have five different accounts of what happened,” he said. “Humans are humans … there’s some intentional information left out and there’s some information left out because people see things differently.”

Leone said the alert was sent out to students as a precaution because at the time, there was no description of the shooter and Temple Police “didn’t want to take a chance.”

When they are first alerted to crime, Temple Police determine any injuries or students involved, then check the crime scene and send people to the hospital if necessary. The last step is to send out a TU Alert, which usually has a predetermined message with time and location.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Shooting reported near HSC campus

A TU Alert was sent out about 6 p.m. Saturday warning students to avoid the area around Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue by the Health Sciences Campus.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said Temple Police sent the alert out as a precaution after an injured man entered the emergency room of Temple University Hospital. 

Leone said the man, 22, had a firearm with him when he arrived, and may have been dropped off by a private vehicle. He is being treated for gunshot wounds in both legs and is in police custody, he added.

“We don’t have a description of the offender yet,” Leone said. “We sent out the alert because we didn’t want to take a chance.”

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Editor’s note: Charlie Leone called the reporter back and clarified the age and gender of the man who was shot, along with his injuries.

This story is ongoing. Check back for updates.

Seventh-floor window at The View struck by gunshot

Temple and Philadelphia Police are investigating shots fired near The View early Tuesday morning. A TU Alert was sent out to students at about 1:30 a.m.

The alert said a window in the apartment building, located at 1100 W. Montgomery Ave., had been struck by a bullet and shattered. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email “it appears to be a stray bullet” that struck the seventh floor of the building. He added there were no injuries.

Leone said the location of a discharge has not yet been found. He added, however, that police believe it could have been from 11th Street near Oxford.

The investigation is ongoing, Leone said.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Armed robbery reported near Geasey Field

Temple Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred west of Main Campus earlier tonight.

Two men with a gun robbed a student on Fontain Street near 16th around 8:15 p.m., said Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services. They took his laptop, cell phone and wallet before fleeing north on 16th Street in a black SUV. The make and model of the vehicle is unknown, he added.

The student was uninjured, and his age is unknown, Leone said. A TU Alert was sent out about the incident at around 8:20 p.m.

Police have directed patrols around the area and are looking through camera footage to further investigate the crime, Leone added.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Armed robbery reported on HSC this morning

Temple Police is investigating an armed robbery that occurred earlier this morning on the Health Sciences Campus.

Two TU Alerts were sent out about the robbery between 8:15 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. It occurred on Atlantic and Camac streets, near the intersection of Germantown and Tioga streets, the alerts said.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said a Temple University Hospital employee was robbed at knifepoint. The suspect, a 250-pound man who is 5-foot-7-inches tall and walks with a limp, took the employee’s Michael Kors purse, which contained an iPhone and credit cards, he added.

Leone said the suspect fled east towards Old York Road. Temple and Philadelphia police responded to the victim’s 911 call, and said the victim was uninjured.

“We sent out the second alert clarifying this was the HSC Campus realizing some people may not know the intersections,” Leone said in an email.

Leone said the suspect may “frequent the area,” and police are checking cameras to identify him.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.

Police investigating fatal shooting near White Hall

Police are still investigating a fatal shooting near the northern end of Main Campus Saturday afternoon.

Both Temple and Philadelphia Police responded to shots fired on Edgely Street near White Hall Jan. 16 at 4:39 p.m.

The victim, a 25-year-old man from the 2200 block of North Bouvier Street, was shot multiple times in the head, according to Temple Police.

Philadelphia Police said he was transported by Temple Police to Temple University Hospital and listed in critical condition before heading to surgery. The victim was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m., police said.

Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an e-mail “a witness heard two gunshots and saw two males appearing to be juveniles run from a vacant lot at 1731 West Edgely Street.”

Leone said the witness heard one more gunshot and saw a third male suspect, also a juvenile, run from the scene.

The suspects fled south on 18th Street and are believed to be 15 to 18 years old, Leone added.

Philadelphia Police have not yet released the name of the victim.

Julie Christie can be reached at julie.christie@temple.edu or on Twitter @ChristieJules.