New year begins with multiple shootings in Philadelphia, one fatality
The victims include an 87-year old-woman who was struck in the shoulder by celebratory gunfire.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The new year has started off as a violent one so far in the city of Philadelphia.
A total of 13 people have shot since the clock struck midnight, including an 87-year old-woman who was struck in the shoulder in Port Richmond by celebratory gunfire.
That shooting took place around 12:15 a.m.
Also on Sunday, two teens were shot in Kensington.
The victims, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, were wounded on North 3rd Street.
Both are hospitalized.
Meanwhile, the year's first fatal shooting came just after 2 p.m. in the city's Strawberry Mansion section.
Two men were shot in the 3000 block of Clifford Street.
One of those victims, a 31-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.
No arrests have been made.
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