Two identified in unrelated murders

Police identified two men slain in unrelated weekend incidents as Darius Epps, 23, of Kingsessing, and Steven Chestnut, 42.

In the first incident, Epps, of Willows Street near 53rd, died at Presbyterian Hospital at 9:42 p.m., shortly after someone shot him once in the chest on Pentridge Street near 53rd. Police reported no arrest or motive.

In the second case, Chestnut, who address couldn't be immediately verified, was shot on 60th Street near Columbia Avenue, lying against the fence surrounding Tustin Park, about 6:40 p.m. Friday night. Chestnut had been shot in the head and ches and died at Presbyterian Hospital at 6:51 p.m. Another man, 38, was shot in the hand but survived. Witnesses told police the attackers fled in a white Infinity SUV west through a rear alley on Clifford Street.

Police reported no arrest or motive in either case. Tipsters, call homicide detectives at (215) 686-3334 or -3335.