Weekends shootings leave 5 dead, 5 more injured across Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Gun violence struck Philadelphia yet again leaving 10 people shot, four of them fatally, as Super Bowl weekend kicked off across the city.
A double shooting Saturday night claimed the life of a 31-year-old man found shot multiple times inside an apartment on Sheffield Avenue. The second victim, an 18-year-old man, is in critical condition.
Just 10 minutes later, a 33-year-old man was shot six times on the 1400 block of Butler Street. He is also said to be in critical condition.
A triple shooting then erupted in Olney just before midnight on the 5300 block of Rising Sun Avenue.
One man, a 36-year-old, was killed after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Two other men, a 28-year-old and 37-year-old are said to be in stable condition.
Police are looking for two male suspects, who they say fled on foot following the deadly shooting.
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Sunday morning began with another double shooting in Strawberry Mansion when two more victims were found lying on Sergeant Street.
Both were suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at a local hospital around 2 a.m.
Another deadly shooting claimed the life a 49-year-old man on the 500 block of East Willard Street just before midnight Sunday. He was later identified as Victor Antonio Diaz.
Several investigations are underway with no arrests made, and no weapons recovered in any of this weekend shootings.