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Three men killed in separate Philly shootings in a one-hour span

Two shootings happened in North Philadelphia and the third in Frankford.

A police sergeant on the 3500 block of North 21st Street looks over a car where a man was shot. He was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he died a short time later. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2021
A police sergeant on the 3500 block of North 21st Street looks over a car where a man was shot. He was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he died a short time later. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2021Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer
    by Robert Moran
    Updated 
    Published 

Three men were killed in separate shootings Thursday night in Philadelphia, police said.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m. a 29-year-old man was sitting inside a silver Toyota Camry on the 3500 block of North 21st Street in North Philadelphia when he was shot twice, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was taken by medics to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:07. Police reported no arrests.

Just before 7:45 p.m., two men were outside on the 2800 block of North Orkney Street in North Philadelphia when they were shot. One of the victims, a 31-year-old whose name was withheld, was shot multiple times in the chest. Police took him to Temple, where he was pronounced dead at 8:09.

The second victim, a 52-year-old man, was shot in the left leg and buttocks. Police took him to Temple, where he was listed in stable condition. Police reported no arrests.

Around 8:30 p.m., an unidentified young man was outside on the 1300 block of Wakeling Street in Frankford when he was shot several times in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics. Police reported no arrests.