One person is dead and four are injured following an early Sunday morning shooting in the Fairhill area
Police took the 34-year-old man — who had gunshot wounds in the chest and back — to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
One person is dead and four other people are injured after a shooting broke out early Sunday morning in the Fairhill area of North Philadelphia.
Police said in a release that they responded to reported shots fired around 4: 11 a.m. on the 2800 block of North Lawrence Street.
A 34-year-old man had gunshot wounds in the chest and back. Police said they took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was declared dead around 4:42 a.m. by hospital doctors. Police had not released his name as of Sunday afternoon.
Another man, 36, had a gunshot wound in his abdomen and police also took him to Temple University Hospital. As of Sunday afternoon, he’s in stable condition, according to the release. Police have not identified him.
Two women, who police did not list the names or ages of, had gunshot wounds as well. One had wounds in the right arm, right wrist, and left leg while the other had graze wounds on her head and left arm. Police took both women to Temple University Hospital and they are in stable condition as of Sunday afternoon, according to the release.
A man in his 30s, whom police have not yet provided a name or precise age for, walked into the same hospital with a gunshot wound to his left arm. As of Sunday afternoon, police said he is in stable condition.
An investigation is ongoing.
