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Four injured, including two teens, in Strawberry Mansion shootings

Four people were wounded in separate shootings Monday night and early Tuesday in the area of Strawberry Mansion.

A 25-year-old man was shot twice in the left leg at around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday near the corner of 33rd and Diamond streets, authorities said.

Officers took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was in stable condition.

Several blocks away, at around 10:30 p.m. Monday, a 17-year-old body was shot multiple times in the head and chest on the 2100 block of N. 28th Street, investigators said. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

A short distance away, on the 2900 block of W. Gordon Street, another teenager was injured in a double shooting that occurred at around 8:15 p.m. Monday.

Police said a 15-year-old boy was shot in the back and a 30-year-old man was struck in the leg. Both victims are expected to survive.

Authorities have not said whether any of the shootings are related. No arrests have been reported.

Jack Tomczuk

Jack Tomczuk is a Philadelphia native who started as a news reporter for Metro in March 2020 (just a couple days before COVID hit). Previously, he wrote for the Northeast Times, The Sun newspapers in Burlington and Camden counties and the Press of Atlantic City.

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