Someone shot two people in the parking lot of a Manayunk neighborhood apartment building overnight and Philadelphia police hoped to figure out what led to the shooting in a place where they say gun violence is "unusual."
Police officers rushed the rear of an apartment complex along Krams Avenue, near Wilde Street, around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday after getting several calls about gunshots in the area, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
The responding officers found a woman in her 20s suffering from at least one gunshot wound to her hip slumped over the hood of a car, Small said.
She "was in and out of consciousness, not talking," Small said.
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Police rushed her to the hospital where she underwent surgery in critical condition, Small said.
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Investigators said they found evidence that at least three shots were fired near where the bleeding woman was found.
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Later in the morning, police found a man in his 20s who was shot up to nine times in a Jeep Cherokee that was found along Lansdowne Avenue in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Philly police said.
Medics rushed that man to a Philadelphia hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
Before falling unconscious, the man claimed her had been shot at the Manayunk shooting scene, Small said.
Police worked to connect the man to the initial shooting scene and to figure out what led to the gunfire.
A witness told investigators that a man dressed in black clothing fired at the woman while close to her, Small said. He fled the parking lot on foot.
Small called it "very unusual for a shooting to take place" in the neighborhood.
"We don't know the motive," Small said.
Police hoped that surveillance cameras would help them figure out what happened and get a better description of the shooter.
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