PHILADELPHIA - Nighttime gun violence in Philadelphia claimed the lives of at least three people and left several others wounded, including four people 18-year-old or younger.
The spate of overnight shootings began just after 7:30 p.m. on the 2000 block of North 20th Street where police say a 15-year-old was shot multiple times in the torso and legs. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESOfficers drove the young teen to Temple Hospital where he was paced in critical condition, according to police.
Minutes later, officers in North Philadelphia were called to a triple shooting on the 1500 block of West Lehigh Avenue where a 18-year-old man was killed and a 12-year-old girl suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds to the chest and arms.