Within hours of Philadelphia celebrating the New Year, the city experienced a spate of gun violence that left at least nine people shot, including a teenager, according to police.
A domestic dispute in the city’s Frankford neighborhood became the city’s first reported shooting in 2023 an hour before the clock struck midnight. Authorities told the outlet that a woman shot a 30-year-old man who was allegedly attacking her twice. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was transported to a hospital where he was placed in stable condition. Later, the police arrested him.
Shootings in Philadelphia on New Year’s Day have left at least nine people injured.
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As the hours passed until dawn, more shots were fired. At least five victims, including an 87-year-old woman, were hit by gunfire.
Police say at least one minor, a 15-year-old male, was among at least nine victims injured in gun violence overnight.
(WTXF-TV)
At approximately 1:45 a.m., police responded to Mercy Hospital for a 19-year-old man who had been shot in the neck in the 5600 block of Walnut Street. He was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was placed in stable condition.
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Just after 2:30 a.m., police responded to a double shooting in the 1900 block of North 3rd Street. Two victims, a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old suffered gunshot wounds. Both were transported to an area hospital where they were listed in stable condition.
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Among the eight shootings that occurred overnight, only one arrest has been made. Each shooting remains under investigation.
