A 25-year-old man and his girlfriend were walking near 3rd and Chestnut streets around 9:30 p.m. Monday when gunfire rang out, police said.
Authorities say four men jumped from a van and unleashed a barrage of bullets near the Science History Institute in the heart of the old town. At least 27 shell casings were fired.
The man was beaten in the chest and died on the spot.
“It is very rare that there have been shootings in this particular area. This victim has been shot many, many times. As far as I know, no words were exchanged, no robbery, no combat. “This 25-year-old victim,” said Chief Inspector Scott Small of the Philadelphia Police Department.
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According to Small, all four suspects shot the victim.
Police believe the suspects escaped in a gold or silver minivan with Maryland tags.
The bloodshed in the city didn’t stop there.
Police officers in Philadelphia were scattered across the city from Monday evening to Tuesday morning due to multiple shootings.
Earlier in the evening, police said a 41-year-old man and a 50-year-old man were gunned down at block 6100 of Carpenter Street at around 5:00 PM. Both gentlemen are listed in stable condition.
A man was injured in a shooting at block 1200 of Parrish Street in North Philadelphia just after 6:30 p.m.
Arriving officers found a 30-year-old man who had been shot several times in the hands and legs.
He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
At around 7:13 PM, police said three people were shot in Block 400 of Annsbury Street in Hunting Park. A 32-year-old man was hit multiple times during a cookout, police said. He later died in the hospital.
A 29-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were also shot. Both victims were admitted to a regional hospital in a stable condition.
A 34-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being shot in the chest at around 8:28 pm on Block 200 of E. Indiana Avenue in Kensington. She is listed in critical condition.
At around 9:00 p.m., police said a man was shot at a business on Ridge Avenue’s 2500 block in Brewerytown. He is admitted to a regional hospital in a stable condition.
Just after 11 p.m. Monday, a man was killed in a shooting in West Philadelphia.
Police said the shooting took place in block 1500 of North 62nd Street.
The victim, a man who appeared to be in his mid-twenties, was shot several times while sitting in the driver’s seat of a moving pickup truck. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Three houses were hit by stray bullets. No one in the houses was injured.
“We’re very lucky in that regard,” said Small.
In total, police said 38 shots were fired from at least two separate cannons in this incident.
The victim’s vehicle was hit by gunfire more than 20 times, police said.
Officers found numerous surveillance cameras in the block that they hope will lead to the suspect.
On Tuesday around midnight, police were called to a shooting in North Philadelphia.
Police say the suspect fired at least five shots in 9th and Lucerne streets.
The bullets penetrated the driver’s door of a car and hit a man, presumably in his thirties, sitting in the passenger seat.
He was shot twice in the chest and taken to hospital where he died.
There was no one else in the car.
Small said some of the bullets went completely through the vehicle, exited the passenger side, and hit another parked car.
Klein said no used cases were found on the spot, meaning a revolver may have been used.
Many companies in the area have a security camera that can assist in 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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