Philadelphia weekend violence: 8 killed as at least 10 shootings break out across city

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6 killed as at least 8 shootings break out across Philadelphia over the weekend

Another weekend began with violence in Philadelphia with three people shot and killed in just three and a half hours Saturday, as the deadly shootings continued into the late night hours of Sunday.

Another weekend began with violence in Philadelphia with three people shot and killed in just three and a half hours Saturday, as the deadly shootings continued into the late night hours of Sunday.

The weekend's first shooting saw a 37-year-old man turned up at Einstein Medical Center, suffering from a gunshot wound to the hand around 1 a.m.

The morning took a deadlier turn  when a 54-year-old man in East Germantown was shot and killed around 7 a.m. Within about two hours, a 33-year-old man was shot in the neck and killed in North Philly.

Police were called to Mill Creek around 9:15 a.m. on a domestic call, where a 58-year-old woman was found with stab wounds to the right side of her body. She is listed as stable at a local hospital. A person was arrested, and a weapon was recovered in that incident.

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Police were back in East Germantown around 9:30 a.m. searching for the killer of a 45-year-old woman found shot to death inside a home.

The afternoon began with a 26-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed in West Oak Lane.

Then, a 14-year-old boy was injured after someone shot nearly 30 bullets at a home in Germantown. The boy was shot in the leg and hospitalized.

Saturday ended with another homicide in Ogontz as Sunday started with a deadly shooting in North Philadelphia. Police say two men, identified as 26-year-old Dashon Land and 22-year-old Tamere Mountcastle, were killed after being shot multiple times throughout the body.

Another two homicides brought Sunday to a close as police say a 48-year-old and 29-year-old man were shot and killed in less than two hours.

Active investigations are being carried out by detectives across Philadelphia for all eight shootings.

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