Georgia man wounded in Philadelphia shooting

PHILADELPHIA - Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a hotel in center city Philadelphia early Monday. <br> <br> The shootings occurred as revelers were returning home from NBA All-Star Game parties. All four victims suffered leg wounds and are expected to recover. One was treated and released. Three remain hospitalized. <br> <br> The shooting took place at 1:45 a.m. at the Hotel Windsor on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a few blocks from City Hall. <br> <br> The injured are identified as: 24-year-old Richardson Taylor and 29-year-old Derrick Pratt of Philadelphia, 36-year-old Edward Mitchell of Lithonia, Georgia, and 29-year-old Marrieo Allen of Houston. <br> <br> Investigators say a gunman in a gold Lexus pulled to a stop across the street from the hotel and sprayed bullets at a group of men. Two were coming back from a rap party in a nearby building. One who was on his way back from a convenience store with his wife. A fourth victim in the hotel&#39;s lobby was also struck. <br> <br> Bullets shattered the hotel&#39;s windows before the car fled. <br> <br> Police say the gunman was accompanied by at least one other person and used a .45-caliber pistol. They are looking for the car.

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