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An 18-year-old was killed and four others wounded when a gunman opened fire Tuesday on a group of people sitting outside near a Philadelphia home.
Around 4 p.m., a white van pulled up beside the group in the city's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood and shots rang out from the vehicle, WPVI-TV reported.
PHILADELPHIA'S WEEKEND VIOLENCE LEAVES MAN DEAD, 15 PEOPLE HURT INCLUDING 11-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
The 18-year-old man was shot twice in the head and taken to a hospital where he later died.
The other victims included a 15-year-old boy who was hit in the right leg, and a 24-year-old man wounded in the hand and left arm. Two men, ages 20 and 21, also were wounded but their injuries were not specified, WCAU-TV reported.
The 15-year-old was in serious condition. The conditions of the other three victims were not clear.
Multiple calls to the Philadelphia Police Department from Fox News were not answered.
The shootings came after a deadly weekend in the city that left four dead and 15 wounded. Earlier Tuesday, two boys also were shot -- a 12-year-old boy was wounded in the wrist and a 15-year-old was shot in the shoulder while inside a home.
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As of Monday, the city reported 276 homicide in 2020, up from 210 recorded for all of last year, according to police statistics. Through Aug. 16, the city had nearly 2,000 shootings with 1,203 victims.
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