PHILADELPHIA (TSWT) — A St. Joseph’s University student is recovering on Wednesday after Philadelphia police say he was shot in an attempted carjacking near campus. It happened around 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 2000 block of Upland Way.
Neighbors in Wynnefield Heights were surprised to hear gunfire in their neighborhood last night.
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Police said the student attempted to park his blue Subaru outside his apartment near Saint Joe’s University on Tuesday evening.
Then, as the 21-year-old student got out of his car, police say two men wearing ski masks pulled up in a van, announced the theft, and then attempted to steal the car.
Officers also say the suspects attempted to take the student’s keys, but a fight broke out and the victim was whipped with a pistol in front of one of the suspects and then shot the student in the knee. The suspects then left without taking his vehicle.
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Theodore Andrews called 911 and then rushed outside.
“I go down and go see the guy and see what I can do for him,” Andrews said. “And he says he saw two masked men and he tried, gave them a little fight, they took his keys and fought, but they shot him in the leg.”
The victim is now recovering in Lankenau Hospital and is in stable condition. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Philadelphia police will have their biweekly crime briefing Wednesday at 1 p.m., you can stream it on TSWT News Philly.
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