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Police Seek Acura SUV Driver in North Philadelphia Shooting

Detectives are using a license plate lead to try to identify the suspect.

Overview

  • Police say a man and a woman were wounded in a shooting that stretched across several blocks in North Philadelphia.
  • Officers first responded to Hope and Somerset streets, where they found a black Toyota pickup riddled with bullets, shattered windows, and multiple shell casings.
  • A 40-year-old woman arrived at Temple University Hospital’s Episcopal Campus in a private car with a gunshot wound to her hand and was listed in stable condition.
  • Investigators then found more fired casings near 2nd Street and Lehigh Avenue, and a 44-year-old man later reached the same hospital with chest and shoulder wounds in a gray Jeep Wrangler marked by bullet holes and a blown-out rear window.
  • Police are searching for a driver in a gray or silver Acura SUV linked to the case, saying they have the license plate, while the motive remains unclear.