Gun violence Saturday into early Monday has left six men and a teenager dead in Philadelphia, police said.
No arrests have been reported in any of the slayings.
The latest killing occurred about 2:30 a.m. Monday when a 35-year-old man was shot once in the back on the 700 block of West Luzerne Street in Hunting Park. He was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hour later, police said. Investigators have not reported a possible motive for the shooting.
At 10 p.m. Sunday, Craig Jackson, 21, of Crescentville, was shot once in the chest about 10 p.m. Sunday on the 5600 block of B Street in North Philadelphia, police said. He was pronounced dead at 11:21 p.m. Police said the shooting was sparked an argument.
A 32-year-old man was shot multiple times Sunday night near the intersection of South 27th and Reed Streets in the King Village section of South Philadelphia, police said. The victim was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 9:20 p.m., minutes after the shooting. The motive for the shooting was unknown, police said.
Alfred McCrory, 21, was shot multiple times in the head and back on the 2000 block of Bellmore Street in Kensington about 11:20 a.m., according to police. He was pronounced dead 11:55 a.m. at Temple Hospital. Again, police reported no motive in the shooting.
A gunshot to the head killed William Kenneth Wise, 43, of North Philadelphia, just before 1 a.m. on the 2700 block of North 27th Street. Police reported no motive in the slaying.
Police also identified two males shot dead Saturday.
Joseph Wisman, 45, was shot and killed durning an apparent robbery about 7:15 a.m. on the 2000 Block of South Simpson Street in Southwest Philadelphia.
Tremaine Rogers, 17, was shot about 4 p.m. and fatally wounded about 4 p.m. during an argument in his Overbrook neighborhood on the 900 block of North 64th Street.
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