{"id":311308,"date":"2026-10-21T22:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311308\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:02:18","slug":"3-injured-1-critically-in-north-philadelphia-shooting-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311308\/","title":{"rendered":"3 injured, 1 critically, in North Philadelphia shooting, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was in critical condition and two other people were injured when shots were fired Wednesday morning in <a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/north-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Philadelphia,<\/a> police said.<\/p>\n<p>The gunfire occurred at around 10 a.m. inside and outside a property on the 2800 block of N. 20th Street, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Responding officers found all three victims, including a 49-year-old woman who had been shot 11 times throughout her body, law enforcement officials said. She was rushed to Temple University with life-threatening injuries, the PPD added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said a 27-year-old woman was shot six times, and a 29-year-old man was struck three times in his right leg. Both were listed in stable condition at Temple hospital, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests were made in the immediate aftermath of the violence, and there was no word about a possible motive. Anyone with information is asked to call or text the PPD tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477). Details can be shared anonymously.<\/p>\n<p>Through Oct. 20, 576 individuals had been shot in Philadelphia this year, down 27% compared to the same date last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillypolice.com\/crime-data\/crime-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to police data.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Counseling, peer support, and victim advocacy services are available for victims, family members, and others affected by gun violence. Go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/stories\/resources-for-victims-of-gun-violence-in-philadelphia,96902\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">metrophiladelphia.com\/gun-violence-resources<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/metrophiladelphia.com\/stories\/police-reward-philadelphia-man-i95-killing,159820\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police offer $5,000 reward in 2019 killing of Philadelphia man stranded with flat tire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tKeywords<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tNorth Philadelphia shooting Wednesday,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t North 20th Street shooting,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t Philadelphia gun violence,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t Philadelphia police,\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t triple shooting\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was in critical condition and two other people were injured when shots were fired Wednesday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[127375,127374,69,63353,71,70,2245,18521],"class_list":["post-311308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-north-20th-street-shooting","tag-north-philadelphia-shooting-wednesday","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-gun-violence","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-police","tag-triple-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311308","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=311308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}