4 men slain over the weekend
Four men were killed over the Memorial Day Weekend, leaving Philadelphia with 112 homicides so far this year, down from 123 this time last year, police said.
Four men were killed over the Memorial Day Weekend, leaving Philadelphia with 112 homicides so far this year, down from 123 this time last year, police said.
* A man was stabbed to death about 2:20 a.m. Saturday at 24th Street and Huntingdon Avenue, in North Philadelphia, said Tanya Little, a police spokeswoman.
The man, whom police had not yet identified, was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 7:35 a.m.
* A 21-year-old man was shot to death less than an hour later, at 3:07 a.m., in front of his Nicetown home.
Sideem Ingram, 21, of Hicks Street near Ruffner, in Nicetown, was shot several times and died at Temple University Hospital at 3:31 a.m., Little said.
* A 23-year-old man was shot several times on 20th Street near Susquehanna Avenue, in North Philadelphia, at 8:32 p.m. Saturday, said Sgt. Frank Hayes, with the Homicide Unit.
The man was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead on Sunday at 6:02 a.m.
* Two men who were at a block party on Sunday were shot several times, leaving one victim dead, Little said.
An argument purportedly took place before the 9:44 p.m. shooting, Hayes said. Both men were taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where one of the victims, a 23-year-old man who was shot in the head and torso, died at 10:06 p.m., Hayes said. His name has not been released pending family notification.
The other victim, 31, who was shot in the torso, is in critical condition.
Police said they have suspects yet in any of the shootings. *
