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Philadelphia police said a string of shootings Sunday night into early Monday morning killed one man and injured at least four people, including two teens.
The shootings spanned across the city – from Frankford and Hunting Park to Overbrook Park and West Philadelphia.
Sunday night a 40-year-old man was critically wounded when he was shot on the 6100 block of Lansdowne Avenue in West Philly. He was struck in the head and the left eye around 9:30 p.m., police said.
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Around 12:40 a.m. Monday, police said officers responded to East Pike Street near Kensington Avenue in the Frankford neighborhood for a report of a shooting.
Officers found a victim, a 16-year-old boy, shot in the chest and hand. Police said officers rushed him to the hospital where he was in stable condition.
About a half hour later, a 36-year-old man was shot and killed at 9th and West Pike streets in Hunting Park.
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The victim had been shot in the head, police said. His body laid on the sidewalk around 1:30 a.m. as people gathered at the scene – some of them embracing.
On Tuesday morning police identified him as Bryon Dessiso. He was killed just around the corner from where he resided.
Less than a half-mile away and only 20 minutes later, police said they discovered two people shot near 6th Street and West Erie Avenue in Hunting Park.
A 14-year-old boy was shot in the backside and a 21-year-old was shot in the thigh, investigators said. Officers found a vehicle nearby with several bullet holes.
Police said the shooting may be connected to the earlier shooting at 9th and West Pike streets.
Across the city in the Overbrook Park neighborhood, dozens of shots rang out shortly after 3 a.m. Neighbors told NBC10 the gunfire sounded like fireworks.
Officers said they found around 30 to 40 shell casings littered along the 1600 block of Ashurst Road. A front door to a home was shattered by bullets.
It wasn't immediately clear whether anyone was injured in the incident.
Entering Monday, at least 283 people had been killed in Philadelphia, according to police. That's down 3% from last year, which wound up the deadliest on record.
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