2 in custody, 1 shot during road rage incident on Temple campus in North Philadelphia, police say
Two people were taken into custody in connection with a road rage shooting on Temple University's campus Friday evening, according to police.
Philadelphia police responded to the 1800 block of North Broad Street after receiving a report of a person with a gun just before 5:40 p.m.
First Deputy Commissioner Field Operations John Stanford said two vehicles had gotten into a road rage incident while driving southbound on Broad Street which led both drivers to pull out guns.
The drivers then exchanged gunfire and a 22-year-old woman was grazed in the knee, Stanford said. The woman was brought to Temple University Hospital, where Stanford said she was stable.
"In the middle of rush hour, we're very lucky that it was only one individual injured out of this," he said.
According to Stanford, Philadelphia police have had a heavy volume of officers on duty in the area over the last few days. Officers were nearby the area at the time of the shooting and were able to apprehend the two drivers and recover two guns involved in the shooting, according to Stanford. He added that he believes a bus in the area at the time of the shooting was hit, but no one was injured.
Police do not believe the shooting had anything to do with Temple University, it was just the area where the road rage incident happened.
Temple University shared on its TUalert X account just after 5:45 p.m. that shots were reportedly fired on the 1800 block of North Broad Street. The community was advised to avoid the area as police responded.
Once the incident was starting to clear, a crowd formed and two groups of juveniles got into a fight, Stanford said. Officers patrolling in the area started to break up the fight before becoming involved in a foot pursuit. Stanford said this ended with a firearm being recovered and three juveniles getting arrested.
"Just seems like every day somebody else is getting shot," said James Bombardt.
Bombardt came up on the scene while walking his dog. He has family who lives blocks away.
"I'd like my girl, my woman and her daughter to stay inside. I'll walk the dogs. I'd rather me take the shot at being shot at."
