A pair of killings add to the city’s high numbers of homicides in 2022
An arrest has been made in a Philadelphia killing Monday.
Two fatal shootings in Philadelphia on Monday added to the disturbing trend of city homicides this month.
In the first case, a 31-year-old man was killed in a midday shooting in the city’s Eastwick neighborhood, police said.
The Philadelphia Police Department reported an arrest in the shooting and recovered a firearm, but did not provide that person’s identity or what charges were filed.
Police also did not identify the victim, reporting only his age. They said he was shot repeatedly in the upper body. He was pronounced dead at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia at 12:15 p.m.
At 6:38 p.m., a 20-year-old man was shot three times in the face on the 2600 block of Hutchinson Street. He was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital about 10 minutes later.
Police have not made an arrest in that killing.
As of Sunday, city police had reported 22 homicides since the beginning of the year, one more than as of Jan. 16 last year, when the city recorded a total of 562 homicides. That by far was the highest annual number in records dating to 1960.
In the last decade, only 2020, with 24, had more reported homicides through Jan. 16; in 2007, 26 had occurred by that date, according to Philadelphia police.