PHILLY KILLZ

Amid a busy weekend bustling with criminal activity, including four killings in about 12 hours, two stabbings and two shootings, police arrested two people accused of two of the crimes.
Nicole Wilson, 26, was arrested yesterday after police said she beat a 66-year-old man to death at a Sunoco gas station in Logan.

Police said Wilson beat the man after an argument over a cigarette about 4 a.m. on Broad Street near Windrim Avenue. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at Albert Einstein Medical Center at 5:23 a.m.

Derrick Whitfield, 23, was arrested yesterday. Police said he shot a man he followed out of the Last Call Bar, on Frankford Avenue near Vista Street, in Northeast Philadelphia, after an argument.

Lt. Frank Vanore, a police spokesman, said Whitfield tracked the man to Decatur Street near Craig and shot him multiple times at about 2:25 a.m.

The victim led police to Whitfield's home on Aberdale Street near Tolbut, where he was arrested. Whitfield is charged with attempted murder, weapons charges and related offenses, Vanore said.

The rest of the weekend violence, according to police, included:

Saturday

11:08 p.m.: An unidentified 30-year-old man was stabbed once in the left shoulder near Margaret Street and Frankford Avenue, in Northeast Philadelphia. He was taken to Frankford Hospital-Frankford, where he was listed in stable condition.

11:51 p.m.: An unidentified 23-year-old man was shot once in the stomach near 7th Street and Allegheny Avenue, in North Philadelphia. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

Yesterday

1:16 a.m.: A 24-year-old man was stabbed once in the chest inside a home on Aramingo Avenue near Butler Street, in Port Richmond. Inside the same house, a 19-year-old man was stabbed once in the head. Both unidentified men were taken to Episcopal Hospital in stable condition.

1:45 a.m.: A 37-year-old man, identified as Marcus Davis, was shot once in the head inside Charlie B's Bar and Grill, on Broad Street near Louden, in Logan. He died at Albert Einstein Medical Center at 2:05 a.m.

A 28-year-old man was shot once in the back during the same incident, and was taken to Einstein in critical condition.

2 a.m.: Four unidentified men in their 20s were shot after leaving McDaniel's bar, on 2nd Street near Snyder Avenue. Two were treated for their injuries and released and two remained hospitalized at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition.

Police arrested David DiPrimo, 24, of 11th Street near Huntingdon, in connection with the shootings. (Story, Page 4.)

2:48 a.m.: Tyrone Miller, 44, was shot in the face, chest and shoulder on Limekiln Pike near Haines Street in West Oak Lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:55 a.m.

1:36 p.m.: An unidentified man in his 50s was found with a gunshot wound to the back in the lobby of a Philadelphia Housing Authority property on Busti Street near Holden, in University City. He died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 1:51 p.m.

5:49 p.m.: An unidentified 15- year-old male was shot once in the chest on Amber and Cambria streets, in Kensington. The teen died at Temple at 6:22 p.m.

An 18-year-old man was shot three times in the chest in the same incident. He remained at Temple in critical condition. *

Three female MOVE members who have been behind bars since the 1978 shootout that killed Philadelphia Police Officer James Ramp and injured seven others were denied parole this morning, according to a spokesman for the state Board of Probation and Parole.

Debbie Sims Africa, Janet Hollaway Africa and Jeanene Phillips Africa were just informed of the decision and the reasons for the rejection, spokesman Leo Dunn said.

Dunn said each was informed they had minimized or denied the "nature and circumstances" of the offense, "refused to accept responsibility" and lacked remorse.

He said the fourth reason for the rejections was the "negative recommendation" by the prosecutor.

Decisions are still pending for four other MOVE members eligible for parole consideration this month. Five of nine votes would be required for parole to be granted.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office urged the board to require the defendants to serve the maximum of their 30- to 100-year prison terms.

The seven were among nine MOVE members convicted in a 19-week trial in 1980. An eighth defendant will be eligible for parole next year; a ninth died in prison.

All nine were found guilty of third-degree murder in the shooting death of Ramp and the attempted murders of the others shot and injured that day, when police tried to evict 12 adults and 11 children from their headquarters at 33d and Pearl Streets in Poweltown Village.

The 1978 confrontation was a pivotal moment in the city's torturous history with the radical group and ultimately set the stage for another disaster - the May 1985 fire that killed 11 MOVE members, including five children, and destroyed 61 houses in West Philadelphia. The 11 were killed after police dropped a bomb on the MOVE headquarters and decided to let it burn.

The body count from violent crime continued to mount in the city over the weekend with a total of six murders.

_ FRIDAY

4:20 p.m. The body of Jocelyne DeSay, 64, was found wedged between a bed and a wall, wrapped in a sheet or blanket in her home on Hasbrook Avenue near Van Kirk Street in the Northeast. She had been beaten and stabbed, perhaps as long ago as a week, said Homicide Sgt. Frank Hayes.

Yesterday, police arrested Jerry Jean, a 20-year-old boarder at her home, and charged him with the murder of DeSay, who was his landlady, said police spokeswoman Officer Tania Little. Hayes said that Jean beat and stabbed DeSay multiple times in the neck after an argument. Little said DeSay's family members had reported her missing. Hayes said that Jean continued to live in the house with her body still inside.

_ SATURDAY

4:50 a.m.: Police found Robert Stone, 50, of 7th Street near Roosevelt Boulevard, Hunting Park, shot to death on Old York Road near Roosevelt Boulevard. He had been shot in the chest, head and stomach. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:09 a.m.

12:44 p.m.: Three men in a blue Lincoln Town Car are being sought in the fatal shooting of Kenneth Wiggins, 19, who was gunned down on Chew Avenue near Woodlawn Street, East Germantown, police said.

Wiggins, of Unruh Avenue near Frontenac Street, Oxford Circle, was shot once in the abdomen and taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:05 p.m.

Police said that the three men fled in the Town Car, but two of the three men exited the car while the third man, who was at the wheel, stayed inside.

6 p.m.: Two men, a 30-year-old and a 38-year-old, were shot in the legs in an Auto Zone parking lot on 17th Street near Washington Avenue in Center City, police said. The 30-year-old was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the other to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

6:05 p.m.: Two men were shot at 34th and Filbert streets, one fatally. A 20-year-old was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at 6:41 p.m. at Temple University Hospital.

The other man, shot multiple times, was admitted there in stable condition.

9:30 p.m.: A 23-year-old man was in guarded condition at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after being found shot multiple times at 6th and Wolf streets, South Philadelphia, in a gang-related incident, police said.

_ YESTERDAY

2:45 a.m.: Four men were shot at 59th Street and Girard Avenue, one fatally. He was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The three others were admitted to the hospital.

5:13 a.m.: An unidentified man was found shot in the left side and once in the right leg lying in front of an Islamic Mosque Jefferson Street near Germantown Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene. *

"Friday night was a great night for Comcast Chairman and owner of the Flyers and Sixers, Ed Snider. Both teams clinched a playoff spot on Friday. The Flyers defeated the New Jersey Devils while the Carolina Hurricanes lost to the Florida Panthers to secure a berth for the guys in orange and black. Meanwhile in Atlanta, the Sixers held off the Hawks to secure their first playoff berth in three years."

This was fingernails-on-the-cliff-edge baseball.
Down by 5-0 after an embarrassing first inning, and facing a season-opening sweep in their home ballpark, the Phillies did something remarkable yesterday. They created a desperate situation for themselves and then, without their usual weapons, chipped and chipped and chipped away until they had escaped.

There aren't any must-win baseball games in April. This wasn't going to make or break the Phillies' chances of repeating as National League East champions. But it was still the difference between being 1-2 and 0-3, between thoroughly dousing their fans' enthusiasm and giving the crowd something to cling to.