Triple shooting in Center City Philadelphia – NBC10 Philadelphia

Three people were shot dead Sunday night in Center City Philadelphia, the culmination of a violent weekend in the city that left at least two dead and several injured.

Philadelphia police officers joined police from nearby Jefferson University Hospital to respond to a shooting in the area of ​​11th and Ludlow streets – a short distance from Market Street – just before 11:30 p.m. on June 2, 2024, Capt. Philadelphia Police Anthony. said Ganard.

Police found three gunshot victims at the scene, Ganard said. A 42-year-old woman was hit in the pelvis and arm, a 53-year-old woman was hit in the knee and a 22-year-old man was hit twice in the arm.

The 42-year-old woman is in critical condition, while the other two victims were hospitalized in stable condition.

Police found that at least four shots were fired during what witnesses described as “some sort of argument or argument,” Ganard said.

Police said they would review surveillance cameras as they searched for whoever pulled the trigger.

The shooting was the culmination of a violent weekend in Philadelphia, during which at least two people were killed and several others injured.

Deadly shootings rock Philadelphia this weekend

Saturday night, at least four people were shot along South 58th Street near Cobbs Creek in Southwest Philadelphia, police said. A man in his twenties died in this shooting.

Later Saturday, police said three people were shot — leaving a young man dead — in what was described as a road rage shooting near the intersection of Grays Avenue and South 62nd Street in the southwest Philadelphia.

There was also another shooting in Southwest Philadelphia Friday night, where a man was shot multiple times at the intersection of 58th and Ellsworth streets.

The deadly shootings came as the overall number of homicides in Philadelphia is down about 40 percent compared to the same time last year, according to Philadelphia police data. As of Monday, at least 107 homicides had been reported in Philadelphia. this is the lowest homicide total since 2015.