4 killed, others wounded in violent night in Philadelphia
(AP File Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Police say four people were killed and several others wounded by gunfire during a violent night in the city of Philadelphia.
Police said an unidentified man was found face-down in a south Philadelphiaparking lot just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
A man and woman died after they were shot in the head in northeast Philadelphiajust before 2 a.m. Sunday by man who said they were hopping a fence to get onto his property.
Police said a 28-year-old man died and three other men were wounded by gunfire from one or two vehicles in Center City just before midnight Saturday.
In north Philadelphia, a man sitting in a car was shot. Another man was shot and critically wounded in a northeast Philadelphia nightclub.
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