3 killed, 2 injured in weekend violence
Three men were killed, two critically injured and another escaped police custody only to later turn himself in, in separate incidents in the city over the weekend.
An unidentified man is dead after being shot in the chest in North Philly yesterday, police said.
The shooting took place about 5:45 p.m. at 19th and Diamond streets, police said.
The man, who police said was in his early 20s, was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:03 p.m.
Police reported no arrests.
Shortly after midnight yesterday, a passer-by found the body of a teenage boy at 7th and Spruce streets in Center City, police said.
The 17-year-old, whose identity was not released, had been shot once in the chest, police said.
Medics took him to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:31 a.m.
As of last night police had made no arrests.
Authorities also were seeking suspects in the killing of Bryan Jubilee, who was shot once in the head on Westmoreland Street near D, in Kensington, about 12:50 a.m. Saturday.
Jubilee, 34, of Rugby Street near Johnson, West Oak Lane, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Critically injured yesterday morning was a 24-year-old man who was shot multiple times on McMichael Street near Roberts Avenue in Northwest Philadelphia.
The man, whose identity was not released, was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he remained last night in critical condition.
Also in critical condition was one of two men who fell victim to a double shooting early Saturday.
The shootings occurred at Castor Avenue and Higbee Street, in Oxford Circle, about 1:50 a.m.
A 21-year-old man was shot once in the buttocks and a 28-year-old man was shot multiple times throughout his body, according to police.
Both were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where the 28-year-old remained in critical condition and the 21-year-old was listed in stable condition last night. Police did not release the identities of either man.
In an unusual turn of events Saturday morning, a prisoner escaped from the custody of Northeast Detectives and turned himself in - with handcuffs still attached - about 15 hours later.
Officers were taking the man, whose identity was not released, from the state police barracks to Northeast Detectives headquarters in an unmarked police car when the prisoner jumped from the back seat of the moving vehicle at Rhawn Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, police said.
The man fled west on Rhawn but later was contacted on the phone by detectives and agreed to turn himself in, police said.
He showed up about 8:25 p.m. at the detective headquarters, with the handcuffs he was wearing still attached to one wrist, police said.
