Man beaten to death outside Phillies' ballpark
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Philadelphia police are investigating the beating death of a man during a melee outside the Philadelphia Phillies' ballpark.
It was one of five murders in the city overnight.
Police say a group from a bachelor party got into a fight with other patrons at McFaddens Restaurant in the Citizens Bank Park complex. The trouble started at about 7 p.m. during the closing innings of Saturday night's Phillies-Cardinals game.
The groups were told to leave the bar. The dispute, which involved as many as 30 people, moved outside to a parking lot near the ballpark. Police say 22-year-old David Sale of Lansdale was assaulted there and taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say four other men were shot in separate incidents in north and southwest Philadelphia overnight.
First Published July 26, 2009 11:58 am
