The Bobster
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Students Brawl
Germantown, Oct. 25, 2004 --Dozens of students got into a brawl in Philadelphia's Germantown section. It ended with one teen being shot.
A 15-year-old Germantown High student is in critical condition. Some evidence has been left behind; various items of clothing and a bullet casing on Germantown Avenue. The police say about 40 to 50 students and others started in an altercation. It ended in the streets with a student being shot in the back. A witness describes it.
Witness: "You can see it from this point all around."
AN: "How many [people]? "
Witness: "50, 60 -- a lot."
AN: "What are they fighting for?"
Witness: "Gangs or so
mething. I don't know what it is. It's not necessary for this young person get shot."
School officials confirm what so
me students have been saying: that there have been ongoing problems. There have been fights stemming from rivalries from different neighborhoods. The police are investigating, and they expect to get to the bottom of it.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/102504-studentbrawl.html#
Students Brawl
Germantown, Oct. 25, 2004 --Dozens of students got into a brawl in Philadelphia's Germantown section. It ended with one teen being shot.
A 15-year-old Germantown High student is in critical condition. Some evidence has been left behind; various items of clothing and a bullet casing on Germantown Avenue. The police say about 40 to 50 students and others started in an altercation. It ended in the streets with a student being shot in the back. A witness describes it.
Witness: "You can see it from this point all around."
AN: "How many [people]? "
Witness: "50, 60 -- a lot."
AN: "What are they fighting for?"
Witness: "Gangs or so
mething. I don't know what it is. It's not necessary for this young person get shot."
School officials confirm what so
me students have been saying: that there have been ongoing problems. There have been fights stemming from rivalries from different neighborhoods. The police are investigating, and they expect to get to the bottom of it.