‘Unusual’ double shooting at separate apartments in North Philly: police

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating a double shooting that occurred in North Philly Monday night. 

According to police, a man and woman were both shot inside separate apartments with bullets that came from outside. 

What we know:

At around 8:32 p.m., police were called to the scene of a double shooting on the 2600 block of N. Howard Street.

They say a 36-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to her right shoulder while inside a first-floor apartment. 

She was transported by police to Temple Hospital, where she is listed in stable condition. 

Police say a 38-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head while he was inside a second-floor apartment.

He was also transported to Temple Hospital, where he remains in critical condition. 

Police say four bullets went into the man's apartment. 

Police say there were four children inside the first-floor apartment where the woman was shot. 

No children were injured in the incident. 

No arrests have been made, and no weapons were recovered.

What they're saying:

Witnesses told police this incident may have stemmed from a drive-by shooting possibly involving a dark-colored SUV. 

FOX 29 was there as Renee Cuffee hugged her sister along North Howard Street on Tuesday morning, alongside a home riddled with bullet holes. 

Cuffee says her 36-year-old niece, her sister’s daughter, was shot in the shoulder while inside her apartment last night with her children.

Police believe someone drove by and opened fire. 

"When I heard this I was in bed and I jumped up and rushed down to the hospital," she said. "After a while, I just went home and grabbed my bible, the best thing we can do is pray right now."

Several neighbors heard the chaos.

"I had my baby in the high chair eating, and that’s when I heard the gunshots going off," said Tiffany Williams, a neighbor. "I hurried up and grabbed the baby, and got down on the floor with him, I heard just a whole bunch of scrambling and screaming inside the house."

Police and family members say it was the second shooting at the public housing apartments in the past six months, but in the first incident, no one was hit.

"They have to do something about this, they really do," said  Cuffee. "They have to move my niece."

What you can do:

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Philadelphia Police Department’s Shooting Investigations Group at 215-686-8270 or submit an anonymous tip by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477). All tips will remain confidential.