UPDATED: Aug. 25, 2:30 p.m.
Philadelphia police say another victim of the gun violence that broke out on Tuesday in West Philadelphia has died. Guymore Rookwood, 33, who was shot multiple several times in the torso and had been in critical condition, died Wednesday night.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said Tuesday that Rockwood was believed to have been the intended target of the shooting. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made.
That makes three homicides from Tuesday's violence, including a 55-year-old victim of the same West Philadelphia shooting, near North 60th and Race streets. A 31-year-old man was shot and killed in North Philadelphia after an argument escalated into a fight, police said.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Tuesday afternoon saw an outbreak of gun violence in North and West Philadelphia, as seven people were shot and two victims were killed, all in less than 75 minutes.
Just after 4:45 p.m., Philadelphia police say four men were shot near the corner of North 60th and Race streets in Haddington, West Philadelphia, and a 55-year-old victim died. Investigators said officers were nearby when they heard gun shots.
One of the victims, 33, was listed in critical condition.
"We don't know who was targeted at this time,” Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC10.
“One of the 33-year-old victims was hit multiple times. He's hit in the face and the head, the arms, and multiple times in the chest/torso area. So we believe he is the intended target.”
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Preliminary evidence showed about 15 shots were fired by one shooter who was standing on the corner, then ran away.
Inspector Small said that a little after 4 p.m., a 31-year-old man was killed after being shot several times in the face and upper body in North Philadelphia. Police said an argument may have escalated into a fight during that incident on North Ringgold Street near West Montgomery Avenue.
Officials say that about a half hour later, a 27-year-old man was shot five times in Kensington near the corner of North A and East Wishart streets, about a block south of Allegheny Avenue. He was listed in critical condition.
At 3:37 p.m., a 40-year-old man was shot in the foot on West Lebanon Avenue near 66th Street. He is expected to physically recover.