Four men were killed and five other people were injured in multiple shootings in another violent overnight in Philadelphia.
The deadly violence included a double homicide about 1:47 a.m. Sunday on the 2600 block of West Sergeant Street in North Philadelphia. There, police said, a 28-year-old man was shot once in the chest and taken by police to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:03 a.m.
The other victim, a 29-year-old man, was shot once in the chest and six times in the right arm, police said. He was pronounced dead at Temple at 2:07 a.m. Police said a weapon was recovered but no arrest was made.
Earlier, a 36-year-old man died from injuries he sustained during a triple shooting at 11:56 p.m. Saturday on the 5300 block of Rising Sun Avenue in Olney. Police said he was shot multiple times and taken by private vehicle to Einstein Medical Center, where he died just after 1 a.m. Sunday.
A 28-year-old man shot once in the right thigh and a 37-year-old man shot twice, in the left hip and left knee, were in stable condition Sunday at Einstein, police said.
No arrests were made but police described the suspects as being two men.
The fourth homicide victim was a 31-year-old man who was shot inside the hallway of an apartment building on the 4400 block of Sheffield Avenue in Holmesburg. Police said he was shot multiple times throughout the body and was taken by private car to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he died at 2:21 a.m.
Also shot in that apartment building was an 18-year-old man, who was reported in critical condition Sunday at Episcopal Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.
No arrest was made.
In the other shootings, police said:
A 36-year-old woman was shot once in the left arm at 12:21 a.m. Sunday on the 2100 block of East Stella Street in Kensington, and was in stable condition at Temple. No arrests were made but police described the suspects as being four to five males who were wearing ski masks.
And at 10:15 p.m. Saturday on the 1400 block of West Butler Street in Nicetown, a 33-year-old man was shot six times — in the chest, right shoulder and four times in the left arm. No arrest was reported.
Through Saturday night, there were 46 homicide victims in Philadelphia, down 16% from the same time in 2021, when the city had a record high homicide victim total for the year of 562, according to Police Department data.
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