Shootings leave four dead in Philadelphia
Four people were killed yesterday in as many shootings throughout Philadelphia.
Four people were killed yesterday in as many shootings throughout Philadelphia.
According to police, the killings started at 2:15 a.m., when a 28-year-old male was shot in the 3100 block of North Front Street in North Philadelphia. Two minutes later, a 24-year-old man was shot in the 2600 block of Oakdale Street, also in North Philadelphia.
Police said the killings resumed at 4:09 a.m., when a 61-year-old man was gunned down in the 1100 block of West Huntingdon Street in North Philadelphia. At 1 p.m., a man and a woman, both 24, were found shot at 56th Street and Springfield Avenue in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia. The man died. The woman was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she is expected to recover, police said. No arrests were made, and the identities of the victims were not released. - Diane Mastrull
