Police are still looking for the gunman of a Friday night shooting at 40th and Ludlow streets that killed one man and seriously injured another.
The shootings took place at 10:52 p.m. on Friday, according to Officer Jill Russell, a Philadelphia Police spokeswoman.
Penn Police responded to a radio call for gunshots. When they arrived at 40th and Ludlow streets, they saw two men lying on the ground, apparently injured from the shootings, said Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.
Terrence Davis, 18, of the 3800 block of Folsom St., was shot once in the back, Russell said. He was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 2:10 a.m. Davis was an active member of the U.S. Army, Russell said.
Ronald Morman, 19, was shot once in the neck. He was taken to HUP and is in critical condition, said Det. George Fetters of the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit.
Stef Cella, spokeswoman for Penn's Division of Public Safety, said no one involved was affiliated with the University.
Rush said it appears the incident stemmed from an ongoing area conflict. Both victims were bystanders not involved in the argument, Russell said.
The investigation of the shootings is ongoing, Fetters said. No arrests have been made, and the shooter has not been identified.
The homicide is the second this year in Penn's patrol zone, which runs from 30th Street to 43rd Street and from Baltimore Avenue to Market Street.
The other homicide occurred in June on the 3900 block of Market Street. Neither the victim nor the two men arrested in connection with that shooting were affiliated with Penn.
Three homicides occurred in the Penn patrol area in 2007.
In a separate incident Friday night, PennComm noticed a man on 40th Street who appeared to be bleeding, Rush said.
When Penn Police arrived, they saw a large group of young men running down 40th Street. They found the bleeding man, who had been hit in the head with a bottle near the Game Room on 40th and Spruce streets.
These incidents seem to be part of a larger trend of large numbers of disorderly juveniles and teenagers on the west end of Penn's campus.
Rush said that DPS identified the problem in June, and has since taken measures to manage the crowds.
Some of these changes include improving lighting, increasing the number of Penn and Philadelphia police officers in the area, and working with local businesses to increase security in the area.
"Unfortunately we live in an open environment and these are city streets," Rush said. "Even with all the best efforts, the violence of the city seeped in [Friday] night."
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