A string of violent shootings rang out in Philadelphia this weekend, claiming the lives of two people, and injuring seven others. PHILADELPHIA - A string of violent shootings rang out in Philadelphia this weekend, claiming the lives of two people, and injuring seven others - including a 7-year-old boy.The weekend violence began with the youngest gunshot victim - a 7-year-old boy reportedly shot while playing video games in his bedroom in Germantown Saturday night.
Police say he was struck by a stray bullet, and is in stable condition.A shooting in Southwest Philadelphia turned deadly after police say they found a man shot to death on basement steps just after midnight.
Motive is unknown at this time, but police say it may have stemmed from a burglary.Only a few minutes later, police say a man and woman were shot in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood.
Multiple shots were reportedly fired, hitting both vicimts and leaving the 24-year-old man in critical condition. Another man, a 59-year-old, is in critical condition after he was struck by gunfire twice in Hunting Park.MORE HEADLINES:Police say a homicide investigation is underway after a 34-year-old man was shot to death inside his car in North Philadelphia early Sunday morning.Another double shooting left a father and his teenage son injured before sunrise on Sunday.