Two die, two hurt in city shootings

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, June, 2008 | by Andrew Maykuth Inquirer Staff Writer

Two men were killed and two others seriously wounded in three separate shootings about the same hour early yesterday in Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania police chased and stopped a vehicle with three occupants minutes after they found Nathaniel Crawford, 26, mortally wounded about 1:12 a.m.

in front of the University City Townhouses in the 3900 block of Market Street. Crawford, of the 2200 block of Fitzwater Street, was pronounced dead at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and back. He had been shot after an argument, said Lt. Mark Deegan of the homicide unit. Penn police stopped a blue Chevrolet Impala several blocks from the shooting and questioned three men, but no charges were filed immediately, Deegan said....