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2 dead, 1 injured in North Phila. shootings

Two men were killed and a third was in critical condition last night after separate shootings in North Philadelphia, police said.

Two men were killed and a third was in critical condition last night after separate shootings in North Philadelphia, police said.

About 5:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of West Dauphin Street a 23-year-old man was shot in the head and chest, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Shortly before 9 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot in the back and chest in the 2600 block of North 29th Street, police said. He was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 9:24 p.m.

Around the same time in the 2000 block of North Judson Street, a 21-year-old man was shot in the right side and was listed in critical condition at Temple, police said. No immediate arrests were reported in any of the shootings. - Robert Moran