Gunfire kills three across Philadelphia in the first few hours of 2013
Emotions overcome a man on Pratt Street in the Frankford section of Philadelphia after 20-year-old man was shot to death around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Photographs for the GunCrisis Reporting Project by Joseph Kaczmarek.
Police say the man was killed after a bar fight spilled out on a street, according to 6ABC, and ended inside a nearby home.
More scenes from Pratt Street:
The first homicide of 2013 came when a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed on the 5600 block of Carpenter Street in Southwest Philadelphia around 12:30 a.m. Police said that the shooting followed an argument at a house party, according to the Associated Press.
Police say they took two men into custody a few blocks away and they were both armed with guns, according to 6ABC, adding that they also found a gun in the yard near the shooting scene.
A 23-year-old man was shot to death in a home on the 1700 block of West Venango Street in the Tioga section of Philadelphia around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Following the same incident, a 22-year-old man was reported in critical condition at Temple University Hospital after her was shot multiple times and another 22-year-old was in stable condition with a gunshot wound to the foot. A 21-year-old woman who jumped from a second-floor window was also hospitalized.
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The audio file below reflects gunshot reports monitored via citywide Philadelphia Police radio dispatches, which were captured during 15 minutes of 2013 and condensed for efficiency.
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