Two Phila. men shot dead in weekend slayings

Two men were shot dead over the weekend bringing Philadelphia's homicide count for the year to 70. The number of killings in the city remains down - about 28 percent - from last year's total of 98 slayings to date, police said.

Early Saturday morning, police were patrolling in West Philadelphia at 3:20 a.m. when they heard gunshots. Officers rushed to the 4600 block of Parish Street where they found Hasan Deloach, 30, suffering from multiple gun shot wounds.

Deloach, of the 2100 block of S. Simpson Street, was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he was pronounced dead shortly before 4 a.m., police said. Police have a suspect in custody.

Late Sunday, officers on patrol in North Philadelphia heard several gun shots minutes before 11 p.m., police said.

They found a black man on the 1800 block of Cecil B. Moore Ave. bleeding from his head. The man, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have no motive or suspect in the shooting.

Detectives this morning continue their search for the driver of an SUV suspected of a hit-and-run accident late Friday that killed a girl from Northeast Philadelphia.

Mary Lee Otto, 15, was crossing Rawn Street at Lexington Avenue about 11 p.m. when she was struck. She died four hours later at Frankford Hospital-Torresdale Campus. Police are searching for an SUV with damage to the front end on the driver's side and a broken left headlight. Anyone with information is asked to call 215-685-3180.