It all started inside a bar in South Philadelphia. Police say three masked men with guns tried to hold up Scotty's Bar on the 1400 block of Ellsworth Street in Point Breeze.
During the attempted robbery, one of the suspects shot two men. A young man shot in the chest was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The other victim is still hospitalized.
Police have not announced any arrests.
Ten minutes later, police responded to a shooting at J and J Lounge, on the 4600 block of Hawthorne Street in Frankford.
They found a man shot in the chest. He died a short time later.
Police have not captured the killer. Investigators say they are interviewing some witnesses to the murder.
Finally, a man was shot to death in front of a shopping center in Bustleton.
The scene is the 9800 block of Bustleton Avenue, less than a half block from the seventh police district station.
Police say they brought a person into custody, and recovered a gun at the scene.
