Triple shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured in Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek neighborhood

Police are searching for three suspects who fled the scene.

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Saturday, May 20, 2023
Triple shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injured in Cobbs Creek
Philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting that left one person dead and two others injured on Friday night.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a triple shooting that left one person dead and two others injured on Friday night.

It happened around 8:47 p.m. on the 5600 block of Baltimore Avenue in the city's Cobbs Creek section.

Police say a 21-year-old man died after he was shot multiple times throughout the body.

A 17-year-old male was critically injured after being shot in the right shoulder.

And the third victim, a 16-year-old male, is in stable condition after being shot multiple times.

Police are searching for three suspects who fled the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.