Police say a dispute over a basketball between the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers game led to a shooting that wounded two men after Wednesday night’s game at Philadelphia.(Photo: Bruce Bennett, Getty Images)
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- Two men were wounded in a shooting that police say was over an argument after the Bulls-76ers game Wednesday night
1:19PM EST December 13. 2012 – PHILADELPHIA (AP) Police say a dispute over a basketball game between the Chicago Bulls and the Philadelphia 76ers game led to a shooting that wounded two men on board an elevated train in Philadelphia.
Lt. John Walker says the shooting late Wednesday on the Market-Frankford El happened after a dispute over the 76ers’ loss to the Bulls earlier in the night.
Walker says a 35-year-old Bulls fan quarreled with two younger males before being shot as his assailants exited the train at 46th Street in West Philadelphia. A second man who tried to calm things down was shot in the leg.
Both men were taken to a hospital for treatment of their wounds and are expected to survive.
Police say there were more than two dozen people on the train at the time.
According to a report by ESPN[1], the 35-year old was shot in the stomach and police have no suspects in custody.
