2 dead, 6 injured in rash of daytime shootings across Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - A rash of broad daylight shootings across Philadelphia on Tuesday left at least two people dead and six others injured.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department responded to four different shootings in different parts of the city between 3:40 p.m.
and 4:50 p.m. Authorities say a 40-year-old man in Overbrook suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound to the foot and was brought to the hospital by responding officers.
A short time later, officers in North Philadelphia were called to the 1800 block of Ringgold Street where police say a 31-year-old man died after being shot in the head. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESIn the city's Kensington neighborhood, police say a 27-year-old man was critically injured after he was shot at least 5 times around 4:30 p.m.The afternoon spate of gunfire reached a head in West Philadelphia where police say four men were shot by a lone gunman while sitting on a street corner.
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