One dead, three critical in Phila. shootings

A 25-year-old man was shot to death in the city's Logan section this morning, and shootings overnight left three people critically injured, police said.

The man, described by neighbors as Anthony, was sitting in a chair on his porch in the 4400 block of North Chadwick Street when he was shot once in the head sometime before 6:53 a.m., when someone called 911 to report the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 7:08 a.m.

Homicide Lt. Phillip Riehl said the victim, who he declined to identify pending family notification, had his hands folded and appeared to have been sleeping when he was shot, possibly a few hours earlier.

There was no earlier report of gunfire, Riehl said.

"He was a respectful young man. Never no problems," said neighbor Bernadette Graham, ading that he lived with his godmother and some others in the rowhouse.

"He made sure the bills were paid. Kept the porch clean and barbequed a lot," she said.

A triple shooting was reported at 12:44 a.m. in Juniata Park in the 4000 block of Glendale Street, police said.

A 19-year-old was shot twice in the abdomen, in the thigh, under an arm, and in his left foot. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and listed in critical condition.

A 26-year-old was shot in the chest and and was also reported in critical condition at Temple. A third man, 29, was shot in the thigh and was listed in stable condition.

At 1:42 a.m., a 15-year-old boy was reported shot in the back in the area of 53d and Reinhard Streets in Southwest Philadelphia. He was take to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and reported in critical condition.

No arrests were reported in the shootings.