Gunmen shoot up Frankford home
By Shannon McDonald
Four gunmen opened fired on a house on the 5200-block of Hawthorne Street in Frankford around 2:45 this morning. They aimed for the front door and windows of the home, each firing off five or six rounds, then fled down Pratt Street in a dark Nissan, as Action News reports.
No one in the home was injured. Investigators are still determining the reason for the shooting and the intended target.
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