A woman died and a man was critically wounded when two gunmen pulled up next to their car and opened fire near a Philadelphia church Sunday afternoon, police said.
The shooters sprayed 26 bullets into the car on the 1100 block of West Wingohocking Street in the Logan neighborhood, killing the 25-year-old woman and wounding the 40-year-old man, Philadelphia police said. On Monday, police identified the woman as Zytavia Reed of Germantown.
Investigators said the man was struck multiple times throughout his body.
The shooting happened in a residential neighborhood in front of houses and next to a park around 3:48 p.m. The gunfire was also close to a church just up the block.
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Police placed several evidence markers as bullets littered the ground.
There was no immediate description of the gunmen, but their vehicle was described as a white Nissan sedan.
The slaying was just one of several shootings this weekend in Philadelphia, including one that wounded a 16-year-old boy and his father, and another that wounded a 7-year-old boy.
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A count by the Philadelphia Office of the City Controller, last updated Aug. 18, shows at least 313 fatal and 1,193 non deadly victims of gunfire in 2022. The Philadelphia Police Department had recorded at least 346 killings as of Aug. 20, a 1% increase from the same time in 2021, which ended as the year with the most killings in Philadelphia's recorded history.
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