Gentleman, girlfriend shot keeping gunmen from entering South Philadelphia household pursuing robbery: Police

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A man, his stay-in girlfriend, and her sister stopped four armed suspects from breaking into their South Philadelphia property early Wednesday morning just times after he was robbed within his motor vehicle.

The incident started all-around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on the 2200 block of South 23rd Street.

Law enforcement say the 52-12 months-old male property owner had left his household and entered his vehicle. As he was about to push absent, a dim-colored SUV approached and blocked him.

Four suspects exited the SUV and entered the man’s vehicle from both equally sides.

“The 52-calendar year-outdated male who was in the driver’s seat of his motor vehicle was assaulted, struck we feel with a gun, and his look at and cellphone were being taken,” Philadelphia Law enforcement Main Inspector Scott Modest mentioned.

Law enforcement say the suspects got back again into their SUV and drove away, but they did not go significantly.

The sufferer bought out of his motor vehicle and ran back into his property.

Law enforcement say the suspects adopted him and tried out to crack into his residence.

The 52-yr-outdated gentleman, his 47-12 months-previous girlfriend and her sister pushed the doorway to continue to keep the suspects at bay.

“They are seeking to keep the door and quit these folks who are striving to split into the assets,” Modest claimed.

Law enforcement say that is when the gunmen opened fireplace, striking the property owner and his girlfriend by way of the door multiple occasions.

At least 10 photographs had been fired. Windows were being smashed out and the dwelling area endured harm.

“We located various bullet holes in the wall and ceiling inside of the assets,” Compact stated.

Subsequent the shooting, law enforcement say the suspects acquired back again into their SUV and drove absent.

The home owner and his girlfriend were being taken to the medical center in stable condition.

The girlfriend’s sister was not wounded.

The couple’s two younger youngsters who ended up asleep upstairs were being unharmed.

Little reported it was really fortuitous the kids were not wounded when the bullets went through the ceiling.

Law enforcement say a number of cameras on the block recorded the original theft and when the suspects experimented with to pressure their way into the dwelling.

No arrests have been manufactured.