Two people were injured in separate shootings about two hours and five blocks apart on North Sydenham Street on Wednesday night.
Two shootings -- about two hours and just five blocks apart -- along North Sydenham Street left a man and a woman injured on Wednesday night. However, police do not believe the shootings to be connectedA pair of shootings, along the same North Philadelphia street -- just about two hours and five blocks apart -- left two people injured on Wednesday night.
The woman who was injured, Small said, lived in the area and was talking with friends when she was hit.Nearby, along that block and the 1500 block of Lehigh Avenue, Small said officers recovered at least 21 spent shell casings. Then, about two hours later and five blocks away, along the 2200 block of North Sydenham Street in North Philadelphia, police responded after a man was shot twice in the back.
The police inspector said that the man had been shot twice in his lower back and was transported to a nearby hospital where he was listed in critical condition.At the scene, police found two shell casings and, Small said, a surveillance camera in the area captured the shooting.
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