15 yards of, you know a gun going off right here. Reporter alan shows us just how close a barrage of bullets came to hitting his home on the 200 block of north simpson in west philadelphia. He says he was asleep in his second floor bedroom. My wake up call was five shots. Reporter just before 9 30 last night, chalk circles mark where police found shell casings on his sidewalk. Carmella howl lives right across the street is is beyond scared. Last night was devastating to hear that many gunshots that close my heart was at the time petrified for me and my grandchildren. Reporter eight shots in all were fired a minute or so later, a 14yearold was found shot in the back on north 60th near 59. Not quite sure how he got there. We do have interviews friends of his quickly in the area. They found him lying there semi conscious state. Reporter police are trying to determine if the teen was possibly hit in the gunfire on north simpson. For him to run that distance in the condition he was in we do
Right now saving a man about to jump in front of a septa train. Surveillance cameras show the man in tears sitting on a bench at a center city station. Septa police say texting his wife and family goodbye. Until she and a Good Samaritan step in. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. That Good Samaritan tells fox 29 about the exact moment when he knew he had to act. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live at the station at broad and 59 where this all went down this morning. Shawnette. Reporter well, lucy, Calvin Wilson says that he was having a pretty bad morning when he left hahnemann hospital. Behind me with not so good news from the doctors but he said that all changed when he was able to help a woman save her husbands live. They had look in his eyes. He had tears i want to kill myself. I want to kill myself. Leave me alone. Reporter words Calvin Wilson wont forget. Nor will he forget what he saw on the broad street line platform this morning. She was hysterical. She was hollering. Sh
I heard the gunshots. I cock not look out the window. I just grabbed my grandchild and grab the child under the bed with me. Reporter it was just before 9 30 last night gunfire rang out on the 200 block of north simpson in west philadelphia. It was like rapid gunshots. Very scary. Very scary. I just could be sitting in my living room and i could have got shot. Eight shots in all were fired. Minute or so later, 19th District Police received a report of a 14yearold shot in the back at 60th near 59. Not quite sure how he got there. We do have some interviews from friends of his who were quickly in the area so they found him lying there. Reporter no one there heard gunshots. Police are trying to figure out if the 14yearold was hit in the barrage of bullets fired on north simpson. For him to run that distance in the condition he was in we dont any thats possible. Could he have been driven to that location and dumb out of a car its possible. This 19 year old who does not want to be identifie
That all changed when he was able to help a woman save her husbands live. They had look in his eyes. He had tears i want to kill myself. I want to kill myself. Leave me alone. Reporter words Calvin Wilson wont forget. Nor will he forget what he saw on the broad street line platform this morning. She was hysterical. She was hollering. She was screaming. Safe him you know, please safe him. Dont let him kill hisself. This is septa surveyed showing a man sitting on the platform of the broad and race station. Police say first he texted his family and tells him hes going to jump on to the tracks in front of train. Well fast forward you see his wife appear and then a struggle ensues. Calvin wilson was watching from northbound platform. They start wrestling and he fell halfway down on the track on the platform. I said, wait a minute, they not playing. Reporter calvin military veteran who served several tours overseas while in the navy says he couldnt stand there any longer. Iran over there. Hi