Cops: Man extremely critical following home invasion shooting
POSTED: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 11:54 AM

A 56-year-old man is in extremely critical condition following a home invasion shooting Friday night in North Philadelphia,
police said.

Police responded to West Wyoming Avenue near 2nd Street around 8:30 p.m. Friday. They found the victim, whose name has
not been released, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in extremely
critical condition.

A witness who was inside the home at the time told police there was a knock at the door and when the victim answered he was
confronted by two unknown males wearing all black clothing and masks. The witness reported that the men were armed with a
revolver and asked the victim where the money was before they shot him in the head.

According to the witness, the suspects continued to search the house. They eventually fled in an uknown direction.

It is unclear if anything was taken. The witness was not injured.

The difference between this incident and the first one is this homeowner was armed

Cops: Homeowner shoots, kills burglar in Powelton(Philadelphia)
POSTED: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 10:50 PM

A homeowner in Powelton shot a man who broke into his house to death Tuesday night, police said.

Cops said the man was upstairs in his home, on Wiota Street near Spring Garden, around 9 p.m. when he heard the
burglar break into the house through his kitchen door. The burglar made it to the living room, with a spade shovel in
hand, and started up the stairs to the second floor when police say the 37-year-old homeowner shot him three times
in the chest.

The burglar was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The break-in and shooting were under investigation late Tuesday night.

Morgan Zalot can be reached at zalotm@phillynews.com or 215-854-5928.

Where were the cops to stop it?

Quoted from CICERO

Where were the cops to stop it?

Cops assist with home invasions retroactively. Come on, you know that.