Police believe the shooting occurred during a robbery.
It all happened when four men were shot multiple times inside a house in the city’s Nicetown neighborhood just before 11:45 p.m., along the 1900 block of North 19th Street on Saturday. Two men – 22-year-old Braheen Briggs of North Philadelphia and 24-year-old Edward Wood of West Mount Airy – died of gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at Temple Hospital.
A third victim, a 20-year-old man, was shot once in the neck and taken to Temple Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition. The fourth victim, a 32-year-old man, was shot twice in the leg. He was taken to Temple Hospital by a private vehicle, where he is in stable condition. According to authorities, the shooting occurred during a robbery. Three firearms have been recovered, but no arrests have been made.
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