Two dead after fatal shootings in North and West Philadelphia, including a 15-year-old boy
Youths under age 18 are increasingly the victims of shootings in Philadelphia.
Police are investigating two fatal shootings that occurred Saturday.
The first victim was a 15-year-old boy, killed around 1:30 p.m. in North Philadelphia.
The boy, originally thought by police to be 18 to 25 years old, was shot twice in the chest on the 3100 block of North Rosewood Street. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said no arrests have been made.
Later on Saturday, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the head shortly after 7 p.m. on the 200 block of South Edgewood Street in West Philadelphia.
The man was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:34.
An arrest has been made and a weapon recovered, police said.