{"id":117717,"date":"2025-08-04T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117717\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:20:09","slug":"1-dead-4-wounded-in-weekend-shootings-metro-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117717\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, 4 wounded in weekend shootings \u2013 Metro Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2147038428.jpg\" class=\"crop-center no-crop wp-post-image\" alt=\"shootings\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Hengge\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A man was killed and four others were injured in <a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/teen-charged-west-philadelphia-pool-shooting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shootings<\/a> over the weekend across <a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded at around 5:45 a.m. to a report of a \u201cperson with a gun\u201d on the 5900 block of Mascher Street, police said. They found a 60-year-old man unresponsive on the steps of a house, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p>He sustained a single gunshot wound to his chest and was pronounced dead a short time later at Einstein Medical Center, authorities said. The PPD has not publicly identified the victim or commented on a possible motive.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said an adult man was wounded when gunfire erupted at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday on the 1800 block of Kinsey Street in Frankford. The victim, whose age was not provided, was reported to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday morning, at around 1:45 a.m., two men arrived at Temple University Hospital after shots were fired on the 700 block of W. Huntingdon Street in Fairhill, officials said.\n<\/p>\n<p>A 23-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition, while a 25-year-old man was being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries, according to police.\n<\/p>\n<p>In West Philadelphia, someone shot a 35-year-old man in the shoulder, neck and head during a robbery just before 12:45 a.m. Saturday on the 6000 block of Catharine Street, investigators said. The victim is expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were reported in the immediate aftermath of any of the shootings. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillypolice.com\/forms\/submit-a-tip\/#:~:text=To%20submit%20a%20tip%20via,TIPS%20(8477).&amp;text=If%20you%20would%20like%20to,names%20of%20any%20known%20persons.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PPD tip line<\/a> at 215-686-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillypolice.com\/crime-data\/crime-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Police data<\/a> shows that homicides are down 15% in Philadelphia compared to the same date last year. The number of shooting victims has also dropped 7%.<\/p>\n<p>Counseling, peer support, and victim advocacy services are available for victims, family members, and others affected by gun violence. Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/gun-violence-resources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">metrophiladelphia.com\/gun-violence-resources<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Hengge\/Anadolu via Getty Images A man was killed and four others were injured in shootings over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,4222,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-117717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-gun-violence","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}