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A dozen people were shot and another was stabbed over the course of two hours in Philadelphia late Tuesday, police said.
Two people died and 10 others were wounded in 10 separate shootings throughout the city starting at 10 p.m. A stabbing was also reported, the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday.
Philadelphia police have reported 35% more murders so far this year compared to the same time in 2020, with 271 slayings as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, statistics show.
Tuesday night’s violent crime pattern began with a shooting on West Westmoreland Street in Philly’s Tioga neighborhood, where a 43-year-old man was shot in both legs and was expected to survive. About 25 minutes later, a 21-year-old man was shot in his face and neck in the area in Southwest Philadelphia, police said. He was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition.
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Also around 10:25 p.m., a 32-year-old man showed up at a local hospital with a stab wound to his stomach, and is believed to have been assaulted inside a private home on Montrose Street, authorities said. Police arrested a suspect in the case and the victim is expected to be OK.
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