Morgan Zalot

Darby Police Need Witnesses to Help Solve Shootings

Police in Darby Borough say they need witnesses to come forward and help them solve two shootings that happened within a matter of hours early Sunday morning.

In the first shooting, a fight broke out near the Wishing Well Bar, at Darby Terrace and North 6th Street, after midnight, Darby Police Chief Robert Smythe said. After the altercation, a man was leaving the bar when police say someone jumped out of another car and fired a shot at him, striking him in the leg. The shooter then jumped back into the car and fled down Darby Terrace, police said. The victim was taken to Presbyterian Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

While police were investigating that shooting, Smythe said, shots rang out again nearby, leaving another person with gunshot wounds in both legs and a vehicle with bullet holes in it. Smythe said the cars involved in both shootings have similar descriptions, but that police at this point don't have anything else linking the shootings, so they're investigating them as separate incidents.

Smythe said the victim in the second shooting was also taken to Presbyterian Hospital to be treated, and that although people who were in the area at the time and began running when the second round of gunshots rang out, no witnesses came forward. One victim, according to police, told police, "Don't worry about it," after being shot, saying that he'd handle it himself.

Smythe said the fact that no witnesses have come forward in either shooting is making it difficult for police to investigate both incidents. Police are asking that anyone with information contact them at 610-586-1100.

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