HUP worker shot, killed on Baltimore St.

A HUP employee died yesterday from a gunshot wound to the chest after a man stole his car and wallet at 45th and Baltimore streets. And Philadelphia Police found a man dead from a gunshot wound to the head in his car Friday night on 39th Street between Chestnut and Market streets, police said. Philadelphia Police found the victim on Baltimore after responding to a report of a man screaming in Clark Park, the park on the 4300 block of Baltimore. The police, unaware of the employee's wounds, took him to his home on the 800 block of south 49th Street where he collapsed on his porch. A police spokesperson said that the victim, 33-year-old Greg Mumford, did not tell police he had been hurt and it was only when he collapsed that they saw his gunshot wound. Police rushed the unconscious Mumford to HUP, where Mumford had worked for more than 15 years. He was pronounced dead at 4:04 a.m., police said. Police said they are looking for three black male suspects in connection with the incident, which occurred at about 2:40 a.m. yesterday. According to a HUP spokesperson, Mumford was in the transportation department and was responsible for moving patients from one area of the hospital to another. "Greg made his mark as a dedicated, respected employee and as a wonderful friend," HUP officials said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family during this very sad time." Police said yesterday they are also looking for Mumford's stolen 1985 maroon Chevrolet Caprice with Pennsylvania license plate number UTL-671. HUP spokesperson Rene Scotko said yesterday that, while Mumford had a family, she was not sure if he had a wife or children. A University student who lives about a block from yesterday's shooting said that he had not heard about the incident and that the shooting will not make him more fearful of living in the area. College senior Jonathon Blum, who lives on the 4200 block of Osage, said yesterday that, while it's "terrible that someone gets shot," University Police have improved security in the area. "There are various gun shots from time to time," Blum said, but added that he feels the incidents are "nothing serious." In the second incident, Philadelphia Police found a man shot to death in a car near the corner of 39th Street between Market and Chestnut streets Friday. The man, 31-year-old Omar Ancrum, was found dead in a 1990 Honda car on the corner of 39th and Ludlow streets at 11:24 p.m. Friday by Philadelphia Police. Ancrum, who lives on the 5100 block of north 57th street, was apparently killed by a gunshot wound to the head, a police spokesman said. After an investigation, police issued a warrant Saturday for the arrest of Milton Raphael Hall, of Fern Street, Darby, Pennsylvania. Hall was arrested later on Saturday and was charged with murder and related charges, according to police. He will be arraigned tomorrow in a City Hall courtroom.

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