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1 dead, 1 injured, in overnight Phila. shooting

One man was killed last night and another man injured in an East Germantown shooting, police said.

One man was killed last night and another man injured in an East Germantown shooting, police said.

The slaying marks the 148th homicide in Philadelphia this year. There were 182 murders last year to date.

Police this morning also identified two shooting victims who were slain early Tuesday in the city.

Last night, officers responded to the 2100 block of Godfrey Avenue at 10:16 p.m. and found Jerrett Washington, 22, with a gunshot wound to the back. Nearby, police found a 19-year-old man suffering a gunshot wound to his arm. Washington was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:37 a.m. The wounded 19-year-old was also taken to Einstein where he was treated and released, police said.

Police publicly identified two men shot dead early yesterday.

Donte Wylie, 20, was fatally wounded early Tuesday inside a South Philadelphia rowhome on the 1600 block of South Ringgold Street. Shot in the head and the buttocks shortly after 5 a.m., Wylie was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Brandon Edwards, 27, was shot in the back multiple times early Tuesday near 21st and Market Streets after leaving a Center City nightclub. Edwards, of the Strawberry Mansion section, was rushed to Hahneman University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:26. Police have not recovered a weapon or named suspects in either case.