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VIDEO: West Oak Lane restaurant triple shooting

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Philadelphia police have released surveillance video that shows a man firing a handgun several times into a West Oak Lane Chinese restaurant Tuesday night.Three people wereinjured in the gunfire atChina House Takeout, located on the 6600 block of North 18th Street. The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.The video posted by police on YouTube on Thursday shows several patrons inside the Chinese restaurant frantically attempting to keep the gunman outside the glass door.One of the gunshot victims, a 22-year-old man, ran home and was taken to the hospital by his mother. He was shot once each in the right arm and left leg.A 19-year-old man was shot in the left leg and a 21-year-old man was shot in the right arm. Both of those victims ran to Bouvier Street, where the 21-year-old man’s father drove them to the hospital.Police are looking for the suspect, who is described as a black male, 6 feet to 6-feet-2-inches tall, with a medium build. He was last seen armed with a black handgun and wearing a dark-colored, hooded sweatshirt and black gloves, possibly baseball batting gloves.Anyone with information on the triple shooting is asked to call 911, or to submit an anonymous tip by dialing 215-686-TIPS (8477), texting PPD TIP (773847), emailingtips@phillypolice.comor by filling outthis online form.