Police: 3 killed, 6 injured as violence sweeps across Philadelphia
Police investigate after one man is shot and killed and another is shot and wounded on North 39th Street
MANTUA - It was a violent night in Philadelphia as three people were shot and killed and six others were wounded.
Police investigate after one man is shot and killed and another is shot and wounded on North 39th Street
Officials say police responded to North 39th Street Friday night, just before 10, for a shooting. Police found two men shot at the scene. A 19-year-old was shot twice in the head. He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries. A 21-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the leg. He, too, was taken to Presbyterian and listed as stable.
Police in South Philadelphia were called to South 6th Street and Snyder Avenue just before 10:30 p.m. for a shooting. When police arrived to the scene, authorities say two 24-year-old men were each shot four times. They were both taken to Jefferson where both of them succumbed to their injuries.
Police investigate after two men are shot and killed in South Philadelphia.
Officials say police were called out to four other shootings across the city early Saturday. Two victims are in stable condition after a shooting at South 15th and Snyder Avenue. Another victim was listed as stable in a shooting on the 2300 block of McClellan Street.
Just after midnight police say a 19-year-old man was shot once in the abdomen in Brewerytown. He was taken to Temple University Hospital in critical condition. Around the same time, officials say 37-year-old man was shot in the left foot in Overbrook.
Authorities indicate no arrests have been made in any of these incidents.
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