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6 Shot Outside Philly Nightclub, Police Say

Six people were shot outside a nightclub along Spring Garden Street early Sunday

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Six people, including four women, were shot outside a Philadelphia nightclub early Sunday morning, authorities said. 

The shooting occurred at around 3:22 a.m. outside Trilogy Nightclub on Spring Garden Street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood when a subject fired a gun at a crowd, Philadelphia police said. 

As of Sunday morning, five victims are in stable condition, and one is in critical condition at local hospitals, police added.

No arrests have been made in connection as of Sunday afternoon, police said.

The shooting comes amid several other incidents in the city overnight, including one shooting in Carroll Park that left a 13-year-old boy shot once in the right thigh. He was transported to an area hospital and placed in stable condition.

A deadly shooting in Kensington shortly before 7 a.m. left a 30-year-old man after he was found shot inside a Honda Accord. He was transported to Temple Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:08 a.m., police said.

Another shooting in Frankford around 1:37 a.m. left a 36-year-old man shot in the knee. He was transported to Jefferson-Frankford Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

A 22-year-old man was also dropped off at Temple Hospital at 3:57 a.m. with a gunshot wound in his right shin. He was also listed in stable condition.

A count by the Philadelphia Office of the City Controller, last updated Oct. 27, shows at least 410 fatal and 1,570 non deadly victims of gunfire in 2022. The Philadelphia Police Department had recorded at least 439 killings as of Oct. 30, a 3% decrease from the same time in 2021, which ended as the year with the most killings in Philadelphia's recorded history.

There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.

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