THE VICTIMS: Few details available on victims of shooting

As detectives continue to investigate the deadly shooting outside the Palestra Sunday that killed one man and wounded three other people, mystery continues to surround the backgrounds of two of the victims -- including the man police suspect may have been the target of the gunfire. Anthony Davis, 22, of the 1400 block of North 17th Street, was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from gunshot wounds he suffered in the incident, which began shortly after the conclusion of the Philadelphia Public League boys basketball championship game Sunday afternoon. Three others were wounded in the shootings. College senior John La Bombard, 21, was hit in the leg by a stray bullet while he worked in the Blauhaus; Philadelphia resident Latisha Feribee, 20, was shot in the arm while walking north on 33rd Street; and Jeffrey Noble, 19, was treated and released at Jefferson University Hospital Sunday night for a gunshot wound to the back. According to witnesses and police, a suspect inside a car began shooting at Davis and Noble as the two sat in Davis' green Lexus on 33rd Street between Walnut and Chestnut streets. The two were hit as they tried to flee the car. The Philadelphia Daily News reported yesterday that the shooting was a continuation of a fight between Davis, who was also known as Tupac, and a group from South Philadelphia during halftime of the game. Officials from the Philadelphia Police Department's Homicide Division, as well as the University Police detectives investigating the incident, refused to comment on most aspects of Davis' background. They also refused to disclose much substantive information on Noble, who lives on the 800 block of North 16th Street. And when reached by telephone, more than 40 of Davis' neighbors and more than 20 of Noble's neighbors declined to comment on any aspect of the two victims' lives. The incident occurred after the championship game between Ben Franklin High School, which Noble attended, and the Franklin Learning Center. Police said the incident was not related to a rivalry between the schools. Noble has a contract with the school board allowing him to attend Franklin High School despite being an adult, according to Sgt. Alex Strong of the PPD's Homicide Division. La Bombard, the sole Penn student involved in the incident, was released from Allegheny University Hospital-Hahnemann yesterday at 4 p.m. after being treated for a gunshot wound to the lower thigh. La Bombard was working on a project for a Design of the Environment class when a stray gunshot went through the Blauhaus' thin wall and hit him in the leg. "I think maybe we should get a brick building with sturdier walls," said College sophomore Mike Gagliano, who is also a DOE major. La Bombard, a Queensbury, N.Y., native who lives on the 4000 block of Spruce Street, was described by College sophomore Alayne Rowan as a "really great guy" who always goes to gymnastics meets to support his friends on the team. La Bombard did not return calls for comment yesterday. Feribee, a resident of the 1600 block of Bailey Street, was shot in the arm, breaking several bones and having bullets lodge in her wrist, according to her grandmother, Gloria Feribee. She underwent surgery yesterday to have pins placed in her arm and will not be able to use her arm for six months, Gloria Feribee said. Latisha Feribee works at the Logan East Retirement Home and attended Peirce College in Philadelphia.

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