Two Phila. slayings investigated
Philadelphia police Sunday are investigating two shootings that occurred overnight. Shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the 500 block of West Cumberland because of gunshots. They found a 33-year-old man lying in the road next to his vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m.
Philadelphia police Sunday are investigating two shootings that occurred overnight.
Shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the 500 block of West Cumberland because of gunshots. They found a 33-year-old man lying in the road next to his vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m.
The second shooting occurred shortly before 5 a.m. in the 900 block of Conestoga Street in the Kingsessing section. A 30-year-old man was shot once each in the chin and chest and multiple times in the arms. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:07 a.m. Police have not released either victim's name. Arrests have not been made in either case.
--Stacey Burling
























