A teenager was killed while three people, including another teen, were injured in two separate shootings in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Just after 5:30 p.m. 16-year-old Semaj Richardson was on the 1400 block of West Erie Avenue in the Tioga neighborhood when a gunman opened fire. Philadelphia police said they found him in a vacant lot.
Richardson -- who lived nearby -- was shot in the torso, police said. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead before 6 p.m.
Minutes earlier, a 56-year-old man, 17-year-old boy and 21-year-old man were on 60th and Catherine streets in West Philadelphia shortly after 5 p.m. when a gunman opened fire, Philadelphia police said.
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The 56-year-old was shot twice in the chest, the 17-year-old was grazed in the right ear and the 21-year-old was shot once in the chest.
All three victims were taken to Presbyterian Hospital, police said. The two men were listed in critical condition while the teen was listed as stable.
No weapons were recovered and no arrests have been made in either shooting.
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Entering Thursday, at least 11 homicides had been reported in Philadelphia in as many days, according to Philadelphia police data. That is down around 42% from the same date last year.
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