Daily News | Man arrested for allegedly shooting three women outside hookah lounge near Temple University
after a dispute outside a hookah lounge near Temple University’s campus was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and related crimes.
Eryk Leach-Gilliam, 23, was arrested Sunday for shooting three women outside the Hubble Bubble Hookah Lounge at 10th and Diamond streets early Sunday morning, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday outside the lounge, which is near the practice facility for Temple’s football team.
The shooting was sparked by a fight at the lounge, after several people had been asked to leave as it was closing, authorities said. Outside, after he was escorted out by a security guard, Leach-Gilliam pulled out a gun and held it upward, authorities said. An armed security guard fired multiple shots at Leach-Gilliam, who returned fire.While the security guard, who was not identified, was not hit, three women were injured.
Guns that belonged to the armed security guard and Leach-Gilliam were recovered at the scene of the shooting. Leach-Gilliam has no prior criminal history and is a licensed gun owner, the District Attorney’s Office said.
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