1 dead, 2 injured in Philadelphia shootings hours apart

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Monday, April 24, 2017
1 dead, 2 injured in Philadelphia shootings
1 person was killed and two others injured in Philadelphia shootings.

TACONY (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating three shootings, one deadly, that occurred within hours of each other Sunday.

Police were called around 5:30 p.m. to Hegerman Street near Longshore Avenue in Tacony for the report of shots fired.

Arriving officers found a 20-year-old man lying on the street suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another shooting occurred around 6:30 p.m. at South 55th Street and Haverford Avenue in West Philadelphia.

A 22-year-old man was shot in West Philadelphia. Watch Action Cam footage from the scene.

Police say a 22-year-old man was shot multiples times along South 55th Street between Haverford Avenue and Pearl Street.

He's listed in critical condition at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

Shortly before 8 p.m., police were called to 60th and Chancellor streets in Cobbs Creek for the report of another shooting.

A male victim was shot once in the back. He was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.

There have been no arrests in any of these shootings.

Last weekend, two people were killed and a dozen others injured in gunfire that included a quadruple shooting and a triple shooting.

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