Investigators are trying to figure out if the two fatal shootings in the Mayfair section of the city are connected.
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police are investigating two homicides that occurred a block away from each other within a span of a few hours.
Investigators say they are working under the premise that these cases in the Mayfair section of the city are related. Police were called just before 4:30 a.m. Monday in the 4600 block of Loring Street near Ditman Street.Approximately three hours earlier, someone called 911 after hearing gunshots on the 4500 block of Bleigh Avenue near Jackson Street.
Police say a man in his 20s was found in a rear driveway with a gunshot wound to the head and right leg.Mayfair residents said the double homicide has left them on edge."Violence is never the answer but don't kill," said Shayla Jones, adding,"You're not just taking it from them, you're taking it from the family too."The names of the victims in both cases are not yet known.
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