Police say one person was killed and two others were shot at a gas station in Frankford. Police believe the victims were targeted. An hour later, officers responded to a quadruple shooting on Chelwynde Avenue in the city’s Eastwick neighborhood. One man was killed. Police have made no arrests in either shooting.
A man died and three other people were injured in a shooting in Southwest Philadelphia Wednesday night.
At 7:08 p.m. police said they found one teen and three men were all shot along the 7300 block of Chelwynde Avenue in Philly’s Eastwick neighborhood.
A man in his 20s was shot in the stomach, police said. Officers rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:45 p.m.
Another victim, a 17-year-old boy, was shot in the chest. Police transported him to the hospital where he was placed in critical condition.
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The third and fourth victims, a 23-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man, were also both shot and transported to the hospital where they were placed in stable condition, police said.
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Authorities said there have been no arrests and the shooting was under investigation Wednesday night.
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This quadruple shooting came on the same night that three people were shot at a Frankford gas station. One person died in that shooting.
Gun violence continues to take a deadly toll on Philadelphia as we have reached a grim milestone. Entering Thursday, at least 400 homicides have been reported in Philadelphia in 2023 -- many from shootings, according to Philadelphia police data. That year-to-date total is about 20% down from last year, but still on pace to be one of the deadliest dating back to 2007.
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