UPDATE: One Shooting Victim Stable In ICU, Other Stable But In Extremely Critical Condition, Cops Say
UPDATED: 11:23 p.m., Thursday:
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Two men were in surgery late Thursday evening after they were shot in Bristol Township.
The two men were shot at the Marie Lowe Recreation Park near the basketball courts off Schumacher Drive around 7 p.m.
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Police Lt. Ralph Johnson said the shooting broke out when two groups were involved in a dispute. He added there may have been some sort of dice game taking place at the park leading up to the violence.
One of the men who was shot returned fire after the first bullets went off, Johnson said.
The shooters were about 20 feet apart from one another, Johnson said.
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Investigators were still working to identify the others involved and had located one weapon.
Johnson said detectives were “running down leads” as of late Thursday night, and that the two injured men were critically hurt.
The two men were taken by personal vehicles to Lower Bucks Hospital. A medical helicopter arrived and flew one of the men to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, while the other was taken by ground by the Bucks County Rescue Squad to the city medical center.
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After the two men were taken to Lower Bucks Hospital, it was reported that there was a chaotic scene outside the emergency room as upset friends and family arrived.
A number of evidence markers surrounded a white sedan that had its back window blown out at the park where the shooting happened.
It was not immediately clear if the township-owned camera system near the scene captured images that will aid investigators.
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At the shooting scene, Bristol Borough and Tullytown police were spotted assisting township officers. A bystander at the hospital told LevittownNow.com that Bensalem and Bristol Borough police were spotted backing up Bristol Township police there.
Original Story:
Two people were shot and injured at the Marie Lowe Recreation Park on Thursday evening.
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The shooting happened at the basketball courts off Schumacher Drive around 7 p.m.
Two men were taken from the scene and at least one was flown to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
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A large crime scene was established at the park and detectives were still arriving as of 8:30 p.m.
Police were also at Lower Bucks Hospital where a crowd had gathered, a bystander said.
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