Nearly two dozen people were shot, four fatally, as a weekend of violence erupted in Philadelphia with four others stabbed across the city.
At about 10 p.m., a 55-year-old man was the victim of a stabbing on the 500 block of South 17th Street, in Southwest Philadelphia. He was listed as stable., and wounded a 21-year-old man.In Overbrook, aEarly Saturday morning, police were called to Einstein Medical Center where a 23-year-old man was brought with gunshot wounds to his knee, ankle and both legs. The shooting happened on the 6000 block of Castor Avenue. The man's condition was not known.
Police were then called to Nicetown, around 1:15 a.m., where a 67-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to his back and leg. He was listed in stable condition at Temple. In Strawberry Mansion, just before 3 a.m., a 55-year-old man was shot in the buttocks. He was placed in stable condition at Temple.man who reportedly pointed a weaponAround 11:30, officials reported a 22-year-old man was stabbed in the head at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. Prison guards took him to a local hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.and a 23-year-old man is stable after they were both shot.Around 6 p.m.
A 36-year-old woman became the victim of another stabbing in West Philadelphia Sunday morning. She was placed in critical condition with a stab wound to the stomach.after he was shot in the groin in West Philadelphia, officials said.
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