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Cops ID two murder victims

Police have identified two men slain in unrelated cases this week as William Garnett, 29, of Sharon Hill, and Gerald Crittenton, 30, of Southwest Philadelphia.

Police have identified two men slain in unrelated cases this week as William Garnett, 28, of Sharon Hill, and Gerald Crittenton, 30, of Southwest Philadelphia.

Garnett, of Bartlett Avenue near Chester Pike, was shot multiple times in the head and body just before 1 a.m. Tuesday on Mario Lanza Boulevard near Crane Street in Southwest Philadelphia. He was declared dead on the scene. Crittenton, of 55th Street near Chancellor, was shot in the head at Millick and Arch streets in West Philadelphia. He died at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania.

Police reported no suspects or motive in either case. Tipsters are urged to call homicide detectives at (215) 686-3334 or -3335.