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Two dead, two injured in separate shootings in Philly

Two people were killed and two were injured in two separate shootings Monday night.

Two men were killed and two people were wounded in separate shootings in the city Monday.

The first happened shortly before 5 p.m. in Southwest Philadelphia. Police found a 24-year-old man with a gunshot in the back of the head in the living room of an abandoned house on the 6000 block of Regent Street. Medics pronounced him dead at 4:54 p.m. His name was not released.

The second incident — a triple shooting outside — happened around 8:15 p.m. on the 1800 block of Harrison Street in Frankford.

One of the victims, an unidentified man was wounded multiple times in both legs and one time in the left armpit. Police took him to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:43 p.m. Police reported that at the same scene, a 27-year-old woman was shot one time in the left shoulder, and an 18-year-old man was also shot one time in the lower back. Medics took both to Temple University Hospital. Both were listed in critical but stable condition.
Police had no arrest and no motive in either shooting.