A 24-year-old man was shot multiple times by his father during a domestic dispute in Philadelphia's East Mount Airy section. The victim is in stable condition. The father is expected to be charged with aggravated assault.
A father was expected to be charged with shooting his son during a domestic dispute Saturday night in Philadelphia ’s East Mount Airy section. Officers responding to a report of a person with a gun on the 200 block of East Phil Ellena Street just after 8 p.m. found a 24-year-old man nearby on the 6700 block of Musgrave Street who had been shot multiple times.
He had gunshot wounds to the left arm, left flank, right thigh and buttocks, and was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center and was listed in stable condition Sunday afternoon. Police said the victim’s 67-year-old father was taken into custody and was expected to be charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. The shooting is believed to be the result of a domestic dispute, police said, declining to provide identities of the father or son. Police Inspector D.F. Pace told reporters at the scene Saturday night that investigators did not know if the victim also had a gun at the time he was shot
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