Nearly a dozen shot in less than 24 hours in Philadelphia WPVI
Replay Video UP NEXT
A series of Philadelphia shootings left 11 people shot, and three have died in less than 24 hours as gun violence continues in the city.
A 34-year-old man has died after being shot three times in the back of the head and once in the chest Saturday just before 7:30 p.m. in the city s West Oak Lane section.
Some city residents are worried about the sheer number of shootings so far this year. Sometimes I am scared to go outside to play with friends. It s not safe no more, said Rocio Rozieo of Germantown.
3 killed in weekend shootings in Philadelphia
Updated Apr 11, 2021;
About 11 people were shot, three of them fatally, in a violent weekend in Philadelphia.
One of the injured includes a 10-year-old boy, who was grazed on the stomach by a bullet fired around 10 p.m. Saturday near Park Avenue and York Street in North Philadelphia, Action News 6 ABC is reporting.
He is in stable condition.
The shootings, which occurred within a 24-hour-period, mark a continuing rise in gun violence in the city, which Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw vowed to crack down upon last week by launching a new federal initiative, like adding more FBI agents to the Safe Streets Task Force, 6 ABC reports.