A gunman opened the door to a West Philadelphia bar and opened fire, striking a woman sitting at the bar, Philadelphia police said.
Officers were called to the 54th Street Lounge at North 54th Street and Wyalusing Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Thursday to find a woman in her 60s bleeding from a gunshot wound to her leg, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Police rushed the woman to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition, Small said.
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Witnesses told investigators that someone opened the front door of the bar, reached in and fired three shots, Small said. One of those bullets struck the woman sitting on a bar stool, who was among about five customers at the bar.
Investigators didn't immediately reveal a motive, but did say that officers responded to a shooting and fight near the same bar earlier in the evening.
"A little over an hour before this shooting, we got a call for the same location -- 54th and Wyalusing -- for a report of a fight involving at least two people and gunshots," Small said. "We believe it may be related."
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Police hoped surveillance video would help them track down the gunman.
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