VIDEO: Bulls fan shot after dispute on Philadelphia train
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Police say two suspects are seen exiting a SEPTA El train seconds before firing a shooting. (Philadelphia Police Department)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Associated Press) -
Police say a dispute over a basketball game led to a shooting that wounded two men on board an elevated train in Philadelphia.
Lt. John Walker says the shooting late Wednesday on the Market-Frankford El happened after a dispute over the 76ers' loss to the Chicago Bulls earlier in the night.
Walker says a 35-year-old Bulls fan quarreled with two younger males before being shot as his assailants exited the train at 46th street in West Philadelphia. A second man who and tried to calm things down was shot in the leg.
Both men were taken to a hospital for treatment of their wounds and are expected to survive.
Police say there were more than two dozen people on the train at the time.
Police released these descriptions of the suspects:
Suspect #1: (Gunman) Black male, 16-19 years-of-age, thin
build, dark complexion, no facial hair, wearing a blue puffy vest over a gray
hooded sweatshirt and black pants with a white stripe.
Suspect #2: Black male, 16-19 years-of-age, 5'11"-6'0″, thin build, dark complexion,
no facial hair, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, and blue jeans.
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Police say two suspects are seen exiting a SEPTA El train seconds before firing a shooting. (Philadelphia Police Department)
