A 25-year-old man and his girlfriend were walking near 3rd and Chestnut streets around 9:30 p.m. Monday when they fired shots, police said.
According to authorities, four men jumped out of a van and unleashed a rain of bullets near the Institute of History of Science, in the heart of the Old City. At least 27 carcasses were fired.
The man was hit in the chest and died at the scene.
“It’s very rare that we have shots in this particular area. This victim was shot many, many times. As far as I know, no words were exchanged, no thefts, no fights. Apparently, they jumped from this targeted vehicle. this 25-year-old victim, ”Chief Inspector Scott Small told the Philadelphia Police Department.
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According to Small, the four suspects shot at the victim.
Police believe the suspects fled in a gold or silver minivan with Maryland tags.
The bloodshed in the city did not stop here.
Philadelphia police officers were dispersed through the city Monday night through Tuesday morning due to several shootings.
In the early hours of the night, police said a 41-year-old man and a 50-year-old man were shot around 5 p.m. at 6100 block of Carpenter Street. Both men are in stable condition.
A man was injured in a shooting on 1200 block of Parrish Street, north Philadelphia, shortly after 6:30 p.m.
Officers who arrived found a 30-year-old man who shot him several times in the hands and legs.
He was taken to hospital in critical condition.
At around 7:13 p.m., police said three people were shot in the 400 block of Annsbury Street in Hunting Park. A 32-year-old man was run over several times during a cooking spree, police said. He later died at the hospital.
A 29-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were also shot. Both victims were in stable condition at a local hospital.
A 34-year-old woman is in critical condition after being shot in the chest around 8:28 p.m. at Block 200 on Kensington Avenue E. Indiana. It is in critical condition.
Around 9 p.m., police said a man was shot inside a business at 2500 block of Ridge Avenue in Brewerytown. He is listed in stable condition at a local hospital.
Shortly after 11 p.m., Monday, a man was killed in a shooting in west Philadelphia.
Police said the shooting occurred at block 1500 of 62nd Street North.
The victim, a man who appeared to be about twenty years old, was shot several times while sitting in the driver’s seat of a moving van. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Three homes were hit by stray bullets. No one inside the houses was injured.
“We’re very lucky in that sense,” Small said.
In all, police said 38 shots were fired in the incident from at least two separate weapons.
The victim’s vehicle was hit more than 20 times by gunfire, police said.
Officers found numerous surveillance cameras in the block that they hope will lead to the suspect.
Towards midnight Tuesday, police were called to a shooting in northern Philadelphia.
According to police, the suspect fired at least five shots at 9th and Luzerne streets.
The bullets entered the door of the driver of a car and hit a man, believed to be in his thirties, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
He was shot twice in the chest and taken to the hospital where he died.
There was no one else in the vehicle.
Small said some of the bullets went completely through the vehicle, coming out of the passenger side, and hit another parked car.
Small said no worn carcasses were found at the scene, meaning a revolver could have been used.
Many businesses in the area have surveillance cameras that could help with the investigation.
No arrests have been made in connection with these shootings. Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 215-686-TIPS.
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