Gerald Ung incident in Philly (VA non-res CCW)
I haven't seen a thread on this, so here goes.
Ung is a VA resident attending Temple Law School. He has a VA CCW. He was involved in a shooting against a group of unarmed guys who (to me) appear to have attacked him and his date late at night in Philly (around 2AM). Ung shot one of the attackers 6 times with what appears to be a .38.
The attacker who got shot is a 23 y/o former college lacrosse player who was out with his buddies. This guy's mom is a big-time Philly-area Republican politician. His dad is a big-shot Philly lawyer.
Ung was arrested on scene for attempted murder and "carrying a pistol without a permit." Those of us who carry in PA with non-resident permits should take note of that.
Lucky for Ung, the incident happened right outside the Philly FOX station, so everything was caught on surveillance tape.
Here is a link to the Philly FOX station page on the incident (with multiple videos)
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/Old_City_Shooting_01_17_10
From the video, it looks like the lacrosse guy and his friends were following Ung and his date down the street harassing them. The date is yelling something at the three guys while trying to walk away, and is apparently distressed.
The next camera cut shows there was some sort of scuffle involving the date. Ung draws his pistol. At that point, three aggressors spread out on line and advance on Ung, one of them starting to flank him on his right. The guy who got shot seems to have kept advancing up the middle and attempted a gun grab.
Here is some info in the Philly papers:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/h...gun_to_save_friends_in_Old_City_shooting.html
Ung has a defense fund set up, and a Facebook support page that is currently under attack from the aggressor's buddies in the Wall and in the Discussion:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?t...es/Gerald-Ung-is-innocent/261005949058?v=wall
Here is one good example:
PAFOA is also discussing the matter (33 pages!!):
http://forum.pafoa.org/news-123/86076-old-city-shooting.html
I haven't seen a thread on this, so here goes.
Ung is a VA resident attending Temple Law School. He has a VA CCW. He was involved in a shooting against a group of unarmed guys who (to me) appear to have attacked him and his date late at night in Philly (around 2AM). Ung shot one of the attackers 6 times with what appears to be a .38.
The attacker who got shot is a 23 y/o former college lacrosse player who was out with his buddies. This guy's mom is a big-time Philly-area Republican politician. His dad is a big-shot Philly lawyer.
Ung was arrested on scene for attempted murder and "carrying a pistol without a permit." Those of us who carry in PA with non-resident permits should take note of that.
Lucky for Ung, the incident happened right outside the Philly FOX station, so everything was caught on surveillance tape.
Here is a link to the Philly FOX station page on the incident (with multiple videos)
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/Old_City_Shooting_01_17_10
From the video, it looks like the lacrosse guy and his friends were following Ung and his date down the street harassing them. The date is yelling something at the three guys while trying to walk away, and is apparently distressed.
The next camera cut shows there was some sort of scuffle involving the date. Ung draws his pistol. At that point, three aggressors spread out on line and advance on Ung, one of them starting to flank him on his right. The guy who got shot seems to have kept advancing up the middle and attempted a gun grab.
Here is some info in the Philly papers:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/h...gun_to_save_friends_in_Old_City_shooting.html
Ung has a defense fund set up, and a Facebook support page that is currently under attack from the aggressor's buddies in the Wall and in the Discussion:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?t...es/Gerald-Ung-is-innocent/261005949058?v=wall
Here is one good example:
Steve Riley
Yeah, I guess if some young college-age, upper class boys are acting rowdy (which wasn't the case here anyway), they deserve to be shot five times. What is the matter with you morons defending this filthy criminal????
PAFOA is also discussing the matter (33 pages!!):
http://forum.pafoa.org/news-123/86076-old-city-shooting.html
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