Philadelphia weekend shootings: 16 shot, 1 killed as more gun violence erupts across the city
PHILADELPHIA - Several investigations are underway after Philadelphia police say 12 separate shootings leave 16 people injured, five critically, and kills one, as the weekend stretches on.
The first shooting unfolded just minutes after midnight Saturday on the 2000 block of South 9th Street in South Philadelphia. Police say a 34-year-old man was shot twice and transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
Less than two hours later, a 61-year-old man was shot in the leg on the 2700 block of Bonsall Street around 1:40 a.m. He was placed in stable condition at a local hospital.
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A double shooting in Philadelphia's Frankford section ended with a 27-year-old suffering a gunshot wound on the 1300 block of Unity Street around 7:18 a.m. He is recovering at a local hospital in critical condition. The second victim, a 25-year-old man, was shot in the leg, and is said to be in stable condition. Police say a weapon has been recovered in this shooting.
Early Saturday afternoon, Philadelphia police report a young male, thought to be in his late teens or early 20s, was shot multiple times, including in the chest, near Kensington and Allegheny avenues, around 1:30. He was taken in a private vehicle to Temple University Hospital and placed in stable condition.
Right around 8:30 Saturday night, police were called to Germantown where they found two men in their 30s shot. One, a 32-year-old man, was critically injured after he was shot in the chest and back, while a 30-year-old man was shot in the foot. They are both being treated at Temple.
A 22-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound above the left eye around the same time on the 6100 block of Locust Street.
A triple shooting in North Philadelphia at about 9 p.m. took the life of an 18-year-old boy, while two others were hospitalized, one critically.
A festival on South Street came to an abrupt end Saturday night as a group of dirt bikes and ATVs caused chaos among vendors, with one passenger getting into a physical fight. Police say one of the drivers then shot a security guard who tried to break up the fight.
On Sunday, a drive-by shooting left one man injured at a gas station in Philadelphia's East Mount Airy Section. Police say the passenger of a suspected vehicle opened fire on the victim's car with 14 shots.
A woman has been left in critical condition after police say she was shot in the arm and chest during an overnight shooting in Old City. The suspects fled in a silver vehicle.
Police say a shooting in Kensington left a 41-year-old man with four shots to the lower body. He is listed in stable condition.
Sunday night, a 41-year-old man was shot several times on a SEPTA platform in Frankford. He was transported to temple and is listed as stable.
No arrests have been made in any of the shootings.
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