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Police arrested a Passyunk Square man for allegedly using a gun to inflict injuries to another male.
At 1:06 a.m. Friday, the complainant parked his car on the 700 block of Dickinson Street and began to walk to the 800 block of Wilder Street, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. While on the latter block, he heard someone running behind him, and, turning around, he stated he had a gun pointed at his face.
The supposed weapon wielder allegedly said “Give me everything you got,” with the victim contending the stranger, while trying to remove items from his pockets, struck him numerous times with his fists and the firearm, resulting in a laceration to the back of his head. The injured man, Tolliver said, was able to escape and knocked on a door for help as the reported offender fled the area on foot toward Eighth Street.
Police used descriptions from the victim, who retained his possessions and received transport to Methodist Hospital, to detain a man not far from the scene. After positive identification and the location of a gun in the area, they arrested Derrick Felder, of the 1600 block of South Franklin Street. The 22-year-old had not posted his $175,000 bail as of press time and awaits an Oct. 28 preliminary hearing on assault, firearms violations, attempted theft, recklessly endangering another person and robbery charges.
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