2 killed in separate shootings in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon, police say
PHILADELPHIA - Two men were killed in separate shootings in Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
The first shooting occurred around 1:08 p.m. on the 1200 block of Wagon Avenue in the city’s Logan neighborhood.
Police say the victim, a 19-year-old man, was shot once in the head and multiple times throughout the body.
He was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center by responding officers and was pronounced dead a short time later.
A second shooting was reported on the 2500 block of South 66th Street in Southwest Philadelphia around 1:50 p.m.
According to police, a 29-year-old man was shot once in the chest. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital where he died.
So far, no arrests have been made in either shooting.
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