PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say at least three people were killed and at least a dozen others were injured in shootings across Philadelphia on Thursday.Six of the shootings happened within an hour span on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
Starting around 2 p.m., officers in different parts of the city responded to a pair of double shootings and a triple shooting.
Police said a young man was fatally shot in the head on the 400 block of Maton Street in South Philadelphia. Investigators did not identify the victim, but estimated him to be in his 20s.
A woman was also injured by gunfire in Kensington and an 18-year-old man suffered a non-fatal gunshot wound to the knee in West Philadelphia, police said.