Crime & Safety
Teen Among 6 Killed In Deadly Philly Weekend: Reports
Several weekend shootings took the lives of six people in Philadelphia, including a 14-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia had a deadly weekend, as half a dozen people were killed in several shootings across the city.
Six people died in various shootings Saturday and Sunday, including a 14-year-old boy, according to Fox 29.
Shootings occurred on the 4300 block of Lawndale Street, the 6000 block of Haddington Lane, the 6000 block of Sansom Street, the 3700 block of North Carlisle Street, and the 2500 block of N. Franklin Street, reports state.
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Action News reports the teen was shot at about 8:26 p.m. Saturday on Haddington Lane. He's been identified as Anthony Pinkney.
Shemar Berryman, 22, was found dead with gunshot wounds on Franklin Street, according to NBC10
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Terrell White, 34, and Marquan Fox, 24, killed by gunshots while sitting in a vehicle on Sansom Street.
Nineteen-year-old Samir Burton was killed on his own residential block on Carlisle Street, NBC10 reports.
The victim in the Lawndale Street shooting has not been identified.
Patch has reached out to Philadelphia Police for more information and will update the story when additional details are made available.
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