Philadelphia

Gunman Opens Woman's Car Door, Shoots Her, Man Inside in Northern Liberties

A man and a woman sitting in a car in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood Sunday night both suffered gunshot wounds when police say someone opened the car door and began shooting.

Police say they know who they're looking for in the double shooting.

The victims, identified only as a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were sitting in the woman's gray 2006 Ford Taurus on 6th Street near Brandywine about 10:45 p.m. when the gunman approached and began shooting, according to police.

The man suffered gunshot wounds to his right arm and buttocks, and the woman suffered a gunshot wound to her thigh. Both ran from the car to a nearby home to get away from the gunman, who was last seen fleeing north on 6th Street toward Green, police said.

Both victims were taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Police said they were able to tell officers the name and address of the person who shot them, whom police identified Monday only as a 28-year-old man.

The shooting came on the heels of a particularly violent 24 hours in Philadelphia that left two people dead and eight wounded in 10 separate shootings overnight Saturday into Sunday. One of those shootings occurred a few blocks away from the 6th Street shooting, near 8th and Spring Garden streets. Police haven't made any arrests in that shooting, which left a man in critical condition.

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