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Shooting near University of Delaware; Philadelphia weekend shootings | Good Day Weekend
Six people were injured after shots were fired near the University of Delaware on Halloween night; several shootings erupted across Philadelphia this weekend.
PHILADELPHIA - A wave of gun violence swept across Philadelphia on Halloween night and into early Sunday morning, leaving one man dead and five others injured, including three teenagers, in five separate shootings.
What we know:
The fatal shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday on the 6000 block of Osage Avenue. A man found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman was also struck, and transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Three teenagers were also hospitalized in three separate overnight shootings:
- Frankford Avenue: At 10:10 p.m. Saturday, officers were flagged down by a driver whose 17-year-old passenger had been shot in the right hip on the 8000 block of Frankford Avenue. The teen is stable at a local hospital. Police have issued a detailed description of the suspect: a man with a beard, wearing a white baseball cap with a blue brim, green pants, and a blue-and-green jacket featuring a blue star on the back.
- Vandike Street: At 1:12 a.m. Sunday, a 16-year-old boy arrived at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children with two gunshot wounds to his upper left leg. He is in stable condition following a shooting on the 1600 block of Vandike Street.
- Emerald Street: At 3:37 a.m. Sunday, officers found a 17-year-old boy lying on the sidewalk of the 2900 block of Emerald Street with a gunshot wound to the upper right chest. He was rushed to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
3 shot, 2 killed in separate Philadelphia shootings minutes apart
A 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were shot and killed in shootings on opposite ends of Philadelphia on Saturday.
In a fifth shooting, a 29-year-old man driving a vehicle with apparent bullet holes flagged down officers near K Street and Erie Avenue at 4:45 a.m. Sunday. He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the lower back. The exact location of where the shooting took place remains unknown.
What we don't know:
Motives for all five shootings, along with suspect descriptions for four of the shootings, are still unknown. Police are urging anyone with information to contact the department.
The Source: Information from this article was provided by Philadelphia police.