Police: 6 dead, including 14-year-old boy, in separate weekend shootings

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating several shootings from early Saturday morning to early Sunday that left six people dead, including a 14-year-old boy. 

The weekend gun violence began just after midnight on Saturday when police responded to the 4300 block of Lawndale Street in Juniata Park where they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. 

Officials pronounced the victim dead on scene.

Hours later, just before 8:30 p.m., police were called to the 6000 block of Haddington Lane in Overbrook for reports of a shooting. 

Police say six people have been shot and killed over the weekend, including a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the chest on Haddington Lane in Overbrook on Saturday night. 

When officers arrived, they found a 14-year-old boy suffering from two gunshot wounds to the chest. The boy was transported Lankenau Medical Center, where authorities say he died from his injuries. 

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Around the same time, police responded to the 6000 block of Sansom Street in West Philadelphia for reports of a double shooting. 

Upon arrival, officers say two men, ages 24 and 34, were shot multiple times. 

Both victims, later identified as Terrell White and Marquan Fox, were transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where authorities say they died. 

Police say a 24-year-old man and a 33-year-old man were shot and killed on Sansom Street in West Philadelphia on Saturday night. 

Preliminary information suggests that the two victims and another male were sitting inside a gray Hyundai when an unknown white vehicle fired several rounds into the vehicle's passenger side. Authorities say the suspected vehicle fled eastbound on Sansom Street towards 52nd Street. 

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Less than an hour after the fatal double shooting, police responded to the 3700 of North Carlisle Street in Tioga for reports of shots fired. 

When officers arrived, they found 19-year-old Samir Burton, who had been shot multiple times throughout his upper body. 

The victim was transported to Temple Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:39 p.m.

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During the early morning hours of Sunday, a sixth person was shot and killed, adding on to Saturday's string of homicides. 

Shortly after 4 a.m., police responded to the 2500 block of North Franklin Street for reports of a shooting. 

Police say a man was shot and killed early Sunday morning on North Franklin Street, marking the sixth person to be shot and killed over the weekend. 

When officers arrived, they say they located 22-year-old Shemar Berryman, who had been shot at least eight times. 

Medics transported him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:54 a.m., authorities say. 

Authorities say no arrests have been made in any of the shootings and no weapons were recovered. 

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them immediately. 

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