Man fatally shot while carrying infant in car seat in East Frankford

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot while carrying an infant in a car seat Tuesday night in the city’s East Frankford section, police said.

Shortly before 7 p.m., the man was outside on the 4900 block of Hawthorne Street when he was shot in the face, neck, chest, and back. He was transported by police to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m.

A woman, described as his girlfriend, was with him at the time and said the victim was carrying a car seat with a child under a year in age when he was shot, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. The woman took the child, who was not hurt, with her to Temple hospital to be with the victim.

The victim, who lived several blocks away from the shooting scene, was described as the child’s uncle. The child’s relationship with the woman was unknown.

Police found five spent shell casing on the sidewalk just feet from where the victim collapsed.

Six other people were injured in two separate shootings late Tuesday afternoon and night.

Shortly after 4 p.m., two male teens and a 21-year-old woman were wounded by gunfire in the area of 30th and Page Streets in Strawberry Mansion, police said.

The woman was visiting a house about a block away when she was struck in the arm by a stray bullet, police said. All three victims were listed in stable condition.

Shortly before 8:30 p.m., three men were shot on the 4800 block of North Lawrence Street in Olney. The men, all in their 30s, were sitting outside a house celebrating a birthday when shots were fired up the street in their direction. Police believe someone returned fire.

The victims were taken to Einstein Medical Center, where two of the men were listed in critical condition and one was stable.

No arrests were reported in any of the incidents.