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Two Critically Wounded in South Philadelphia Shooting as Crime Scene Remains Unclear

Police review surveillance on South Norwood Street after 14 casings were found without blood evidence.

Overview

  • A 20-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and a 19-year-old man was struck in the arm and abdomen, leaving both in critical condition at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
  • The pair arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle, and the person who dropped them off fled, according to police.
  • Officers received reports of gunfire around 8:30 p.m. near 21st and Jackson streets and then located a related scene on the 2100 block of South Norwood Street.
  • Investigators recovered 14 spent shell casings on Norwood Street but found no blood and remain uncertain that is where the victims were shot.
  • Detectives are reviewing nearby cameras and have not interviewed the victims because they are in surgery, with no other gunfire reports or homes struck at that time.