East Tioga Street near Emerald Streets 7:27 p.m. Monday by JOE KACZMAREK
GUN CRISIS REPORTING PROJECT: One man compresses a chest wound while another uses his belt as a tourniquet and a city medic holds a head wound after a 25-year-old man was shot seven times Monday evening in the Harrowgate section of Philadelphia. Police were responding to a report of gunshots on East Tioga Street near Emerald Streets shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday and found the wounded man nearby on Helen Street. Medics rushed the victim to Temple University Hospital, where he was reported in critical but stable condition. […] At the Gun Crisis Reporting Project, we are now tracking 79 shooting victims reported this month in Philadelphia. In May, we counted 131. MORE