The Brief<\/p>\n
A 33-year-old man was shot in the arm Thursday night in Point Breeze.<\/p>\n
Hours later, another 33-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the neck on McKean Street.<\/p>\n
Police said no arrests have been made in either case.<\/p>\n
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police are investigating two separate violent incidents in South Philadelphia that left two 33-year-old men injured overnight.<\/p>\n
Point Breeze shooting<\/p>\n
What we know<\/p>\n
Police said the first incident happened Thursday, July 9, around 9:47 p.m. in Point Breeze.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the 1700 block of South 23rd Street for a report of a person with a gun. When they arrived, police found a 33-year-old man on the 2400 block of Watkins Street with a gunshot wound to his left arm.<\/p>\n
Police also found evidence of gunfire damage to two parked vehicles and a home on the 1700 block of South 23rd Street. The residence was struck multiple times, damaging the outside of the property and a side window.<\/p>\n
Officers took the victim to Presbyterian Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made, and no weapon has been recovered. Police said the motive remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Stabbing on McKean Street<\/p>\n
A few hours later, police were called to the 1500 block of McKean Street for a stabbing.<\/p>\n
Investigators said a 33-year-old man was at the location as a customer when he got into a verbal altercation with another man outside the business around 1:26 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n
During the altercation, police said the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim multiple times in the neck.<\/p>\n
The victim was able to fight off the attacker before the suspect ran south on the 2000 block of South 16th Street, according to police.<\/p>\n
The victim was taken by police to Presbyterian Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n
Stabbing suspect description<\/p>\n
Police described the stabbing suspect as a white man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with an unknown design on the back, blue shorts and a black baseball cap.<\/p>\n
No arrest has been announced.<\/p>\n
What’s next<\/p>\n
The Point Breeze shooting is being investigated by the Philadelphia Police Department’s Shooting Investigation Group.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to contact South Detective Division at 215-686-3013.<\/p>\n
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to the Philadelphia Police Department tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
This article was written using information from the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A 33-year-old man was shot in the arm Thursday night in Point Breeze. Hours later, another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,2245,10668,645],"class_list":["post-241175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-police","tag-point-breeze","tag-south-philadelphia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}