SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - May 25, 2006 - Rapper Beanie Sigel has been shot along a South Philadelphia street this morning and is being treated at the hospital.
Reports in to Action News indicate Sigel was shot during a robbery attempt and hit in the upper arm. It happened shortly after 8 a.m.
He apparently drove himself to a nearby hospital and is being treated.
Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, told police that 5 black men in 2 vehicles blocked him in and a black male in his 30s about 5' 11" tall with a beard wearing jeans and timberland boots shot him twice in the upper right arm. One of the vehicles is described as a dark colored vehicle with tinted windows.
Action News is tracking this developing story and will have more coming up on Action News at Noon.
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More Details Surface in Beanie Sigel Shooting
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Beanie Sigel, 32, told detectives that he was stuck up and shot in the middle of his childhood neighborhood yesterday morning.
He told cops that four attackers had spilled out of two cars and ordered him to hand over $75,000 worth of spoils from the music industry - Jacob the Jeweler watch and a platinum chain complete with a record-shaped pendant - along with about $3,000 in cash, police sources said.
One robber then shot the rapper in the shoulder before the group sped off, leaving the bleeding Sigel alone somewhere near 22nd and McClellan streets, a block from Sigel Street, which inspired the performer's moniker.
At 7:02 a.m., police said they received word from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania that the local celebrity had been shot. Sigel told police he had driven himself to the emergency room, cops said.
His car, a white Chevy Impala, remained parked for hours in the valet lane of the hospital's 34th Street entrance, surrounded by yellow crime-scene tape and flanked by no-parking signs.
Dried blood was smeared inside the driver's-side door and blood specks peppered the armrest like confetti. A child's car seat and several shopping bags sat abandoned in the back seat.
Sigel sat in a wheelchair, wearing a spotted hospital gown with matching pants. A white towel shielded his face from the gawking media as he was pushed to a shiny black Mercedes R350.
He talked with reporters from the sedan's back seat.
"I'm alive. I got shot. I am cool."
Detectives spoke with the rapper several times throughout the day, questioning him over and over about the details of his drama, police said.
"He appears to be cooperating with police," said Capt. Joseph O'Brian, of South Detectives.
But police sources said investigators are still skeptical about Sigel's story. Residents in his old 'hood said they never heard the gunshots, and police sources said cops still haven't tracked down enough evidence to corroborate Sigel's account.
No witnesses have come forward.
Also, cops were unable to find any shell casings in the street where Sigel said he had been shot.
"I would have heard the shots even from down here," said Christine Thomas, 61, McClellan Street block captain.
Thomas said she watched Sigel grow from a boy playing basketball inside the McDaniel Elementary schoolyard, across from her home, to a famous entertainer.
She said other residents told her about the shooting.
"It is a disgrace for him to get shot in his own neighborhood," she said. "That just shows how bad it is around here."
Despite the skepticism over Sigel's story, police sources with knowledge of the investigation said this is what happened:
The rapper partied with friends inside the Z-Bar, on Spring Garden Street near Front, in Northern Liberties - walking around the club wearing his gaudy chain, watch and bracelet.
He left the club with at least one friend about 3:30 a.m. and spent more time hanging outside.
The two men climbed into Sigel's Impala and headed toward Buist Avenue to drop his pal home.
Sigel dropped off his friend and drove toward South Philadelphia, crossing the Passyunk Avenue Bridge and then turning underneath the crumbling, decaying 25th Street bridge.
Moments later, Sigel looked in his rearview mirror and noticed a car that he thought was following his, and he pulled over on Snyder Avenue to let the car pass. Sigel switched roles and started to trail the other car.
The vehicle then made a left on 22nd Street and another left on McClellan and stopped. Sigel followed.
Two men jumped out of the car, one clutching a handgun. Before hopping out of his Impala, Sigel had just enough time to take off his bracelet, but didn't remove his prized watch and the chain.
Sigel was shocked that anybody would rob a rap star.
"Know who I am?" Sigel asked.
"Yeah, you know what this is about," said one of the guys.
Then, a second car pulled up behind Sigel. Two more men got out, one with a gun.
They ordered Sigel to hand over his watch and chain, then the second car sped off. The two remaining robbers told Sigel to get down on the ground.
Sigel refused and dashed toward his Impala.
The gunman fired four shots, hitting the rapper once in the shoulder.
It was unclear yesterday why Sigel, who lives in Lansdale with his family, had been heading toward his old stomping ground.
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Beanie Sigel, 32, told detectives that he was stuck up and shot in the middle of his childhood neighborhood yesterday morning.
He told cops that four attackers had spilled out of two cars and ordered him to hand over $75,000 worth of spoils from the music industry - Jacob the Jeweler watch and a platinum chain complete with a record-shaped pendant - along with about $3,000 in cash, police sources said.
One robber then shot the rapper in the shoulder before the group sped off, leaving the bleeding Sigel alone somewhere near 22nd and McClellan streets, a block from Sigel Street, which inspired the performer's moniker.
At 7:02 a.m., police said they received word from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania that the local celebrity had been shot. Sigel told police he had driven himself to the emergency room, cops said.
His car, a white Chevy Impala, remained parked for hours in the valet lane of the hospital's 34th Street entrance, surrounded by yellow crime-scene tape and flanked by no-parking signs.
Dried blood was smeared inside the driver's-side door and blood specks peppered the armrest like confetti. A child's car seat and several shopping bags sat abandoned in the back seat.
Sigel sat in a wheelchair, wearing a spotted hospital gown with matching pants. A white towel shielded his face from the gawking media as he was pushed to a shiny black Mercedes R350.
He talked with reporters from the sedan's back seat.
"I'm alive. I got shot. I am cool."
Detectives spoke with the rapper several times throughout the day, questioning him over and over about the details of his drama, police said.
"He appears to be cooperating with police," said Capt. Joseph O'Brian, of South Detectives.
But police sources said investigators are still skeptical about Sigel's story. Residents in his old 'hood said they never heard the gunshots, and police sources said cops still haven't tracked down enough evidence to corroborate Sigel's account.
No witnesses have come forward.
Also, cops were unable to find any shell casings in the street where Sigel said he had been shot.
"I would have heard the shots even from down here," said Christine Thomas, 61, McClellan Street block captain.
Thomas said she watched Sigel grow from a boy playing basketball inside the McDaniel Elementary schoolyard, across from her home, to a famous entertainer.
She said other residents told her about the shooting.
"It is a disgrace for him to get shot in his own neighborhood," she said. "That just shows how bad it is around here."
Despite the skepticism over Sigel's story, police sources with knowledge of the investigation said this is what happened:
The rapper partied with friends inside the Z-Bar, on Spring Garden Street near Front, in Northern Liberties - walking around the club wearing his gaudy chain, watch and bracelet.
He left the club with at least one friend about 3:30 a.m. and spent more time hanging outside.
The two men climbed into Sigel's Impala and headed toward Buist Avenue to drop his pal home.
Sigel dropped off his friend and drove toward South Philadelphia, crossing the Passyunk Avenue Bridge and then turning underneath the crumbling, decaying 25th Street bridge.
Moments later, Sigel looked in his rearview mirror and noticed a car that he thought was following his, and he pulled over on Snyder Avenue to let the car pass. Sigel switched roles and started to trail the other car.
The vehicle then made a left on 22nd Street and another left on McClellan and stopped. Sigel followed.
Two men jumped out of the car, one clutching a handgun. Before hopping out of his Impala, Sigel had just enough time to take off his bracelet, but didn't remove his prized watch and the chain.
Sigel was shocked that anybody would rob a rap star.
"Know who I am?" Sigel asked.
"Yeah, you know what this is about," said one of the guys.
Then, a second car pulled up behind Sigel. Two more men got out, one with a gun.
They ordered Sigel to hand over his watch and chain, then the second car sped off. The two remaining robbers told Sigel to get down on the ground.
Sigel refused and dashed toward his Impala.
The gunman fired four shots, hitting the rapper once in the shoulder.
It was unclear yesterday why Sigel, who lives in Lansdale with his family, had been heading toward his old stomping ground.
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