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  • An early morning shooting at a West Philadelphia bar left one worker dead

    An early morning shooting at a West Philadelphia bar left one worker dead

    A man was shot and killed at a West Philadelphia neighborhood bar early Sunday, according to police and media reports.

    The victim was an employee of a bar in the 1200 block of North 52nd Street in the Carrol Park neighborhood, which recently held a grand opening, NBC10 reported.

    The station said the shooting resulted from a quarrel with another employee over the duties involved in closing the bar.

    Police said they responded to reports of the shooting just before 4 a.m. They took the victim to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4:28 a.m.

    The man’s identity was being withheld until his family could be notified. The suspect fled the scene. No arrests have been made,

    The case remains under investigation.

    Any information can be given to the Philadelphia Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334, or anonymously to 215-686-TIPS (8477).

  • Two relatives were killed Sunday in what police call a ‘murder-suicide’ in Abington Township

    Two relatives were killed Sunday in what police call a ‘murder-suicide’ in Abington Township

    Two men — an uncle and a nephew — were fatally wounded Sunday morning in Abington Township, Montgomery County, in what police said was a “murder-suicide.”

    Responding to a 911 call of a shooting around 11 a.m., Abington Township Police discovered William “Billy” Mauer, 54, dead from a gunshot wound inside a home on the 3000 block of Spruce Avenue.

    The two had been quarreling, police said.

    The nephew, Brandon Maurer, 28, was also found in the house, suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to Jefferson Abington Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:39 a.m.

    At the time of the double shooting, police said, other unidentified family members were inside the home and were not injured. The nephew’s gun was recovered by police.

    Abington Township police closed down the 3000 block of Spruce Avenue after the shootings.

    With neighbors looking on, the block remained sealed off by police SUVs and caution tape Sunday afternoon while Montgomery County detectives and police continued to investigate.