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2 men killed, pregnant woman wounded in separate Philly shootings

Police said a double shooting around 12th and Huntingdon Streets left one man dead.

Crime scene investigators collent evidence where an unidentified man in his late 40s was fatally shot in the 2100 block of Master Street. Tuesday, July 20, 2021.
Crime scene investigators collent evidence where an unidentified man in his late 40s was fatally shot in the 2100 block of Master Street. Tuesday, July 20, 2021.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

Two men were killed and a pregnant women was among three others who were wounded in separate shootings Tuesday night in North Philadelphia, police said.

Shortly after 8:05 p.m., two men, ages 29 and 27, were outside in the area of 12th and Huntingdon Streets when they were shot. The 29-year-old man, later identified as Shareef Williamson, was shot once in the chest and three times in the back. Police took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:19.

The 27-year-old was taken by private vehicle to Temple with several gunshot wounds. He was listed in stable condition.

Just after 8:10 p.m., a 47-year-old man later identified as Lawrence Wyatt was outside on the 2100 block of Master Street when he was shot twice in the chest. He was taken by police to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:30.

Around 9:15 p.m., a 30-year-old pregnant woman and a 48-year-old man were outside on the 5400 block of Pearl Street in West Philadelphia when they were struck by gunfire, police said. The woman was hit in left side of her head, left wrist, and left chest. She was taken by priavte vehicle to Mercy Philadelphia Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition. Police said she was going to be transferred to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

The man was shot in the left shoulder and left hip. He also was taken by private vehicle to Mercy, where he was listed in stable condition.

Police reported no arrests or other details in the cases.