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2 dead, 3 others injured after shooting in North Philadelphia
Police sat two people are dead after a quintuple shooting erupted in North Philadelphia Monday morning.
PHILADELPHIA - Shots rang out in the early hours of Labor Day, leaving two people dead and another four injured in North Philadelphia.
Police say the sextuple shooting occurred between West Russel and North 8th streets around 1 a.m. Monday.
A 33-year-old woman was pronounced dead on the scene after police say she was shot in the head and right shoulder. Another victim, a 19-year-old, suffered several gunshot wounds throughout his body and was later pronounced dead.
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Three other people, including two teenagers. were reportedly injured during the shooting:
- 17-year-old boy stable with gunshot to the leg
- 31-year-old man stable with gunshot to the arm
- 23-year-old man shot multiple times in critical condition
- 55-year-old man shot multiple times in critical condition
A motive and suspects are currently unknown.
The sextuple shooting is one of the latest in a weekend of rising gun violence across Philadelphia that has left over 20 people shot.