Daily News | Five people were killed in seven shootings across Philly in an eight-hour span this weekend
, including five teens and a 2-year-old, on Feb. 23 near the James G. Blaine School.
According to police, the teen was walking with friends on the 6000 block of Haddington Lane around 8:26 p.m. when the group heard a “rapid succession of gunfire.” When the victim’s friends stopped, they found him lying in the street with a gunshot wound to his chest.Five minutes after that shooting, police were called to the 6000 block of Samson Street in West Philly, where two men, ages 24 and 33, were shot several times in the torso while sitting in a gray Hyundai parked on the block.
At 9:21 p.m., a 19-year-old man was shot multiple times on the 3700 block of North Carlisle Street in Tioga and at 4:14 a.m. Sunday, a man believed to be in his 30s was shot eight times on the 2500 block of North Franklin Street in North Philly. The names of the men, both of whom died from their injuries, were not immediately released.
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