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1 stabbing, 5 shootings: 2 dead, 5 wounded

A naked woman stabbed to death in Kensington was one of two people killed in Philadelphia overnight Saturday, according to police.

A naked woman stabbed to death in Kensington was one of two people killed in Philadelphia overnight Saturday, according to police.

In addition, at least five people were wounded by gunfire, police said, including a 15-year-old girl shot in the buttocks after leaving a block party in Oxford Circle, and two women struck by bullets from a gun that was fired accidentally outside a Grays Ferry bar.

The stabbing victim, who was not identified by police, was found around 11:20 p.m. Saturday on the 2400 block of Jasper Street. Police believe the 35-year-old woman was assaulted nearby, on the 1900 block of East Cumberland Street. She was declared dead at 11:22 p.m., police said.

No arrests had been made, police said. Police ask that anyone with information call the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334.

A few hours earlier, around 8:20 p.m., police in Mayfair found a man, 34, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound to the neck on the 7200 block of Frankford Avenue. Police believe the victim, whom they did not identify, had been in an argument with a 28-year-old man when the man pulled out a handgun and started shooting.

Police did not identify the alleged gunman but said Sunday that he was in custody.

Around 9:28 p.m., on the 5900 block of Horrocks Street in Oxford Circle, a 15-year-old girl was shot in the buttocks after leaving a block party on the 1400 block of Van Kirk Street, according to police.

Police said the suspected gunman - described as a black man, about 5-foot-5, wearing all-black clothing - was on foot when he removed a shotgun from a duffel bag and fired one shot at the girl.

The girl, whom police did not identify, was in stable condition at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. She told police she did not know anyone who would want to hurt her. The investigation is ongoing.

About an hour after that shooting, around 10:25 p.m., two women - age 26 and 28 - were standing outside Sports Bar, at 1348 S. 33rd St. in Grays Ferry, when they heard a "loud pop sound," police said. Authorities believe a man accidentally fired a gun, striking the 28-year-old with a "fragment under her right eye," and the 26-year-old "in the rear of both legs and on the right side of her body."

Police did not identify either victim and said no arrest had been made.

Two other people were shot and wounded overnight Saturday, police said: a 42-year-old man found with several gunshot wounds to his legs on the 3100 block of North Hutchinson Street in North Philadelphia, and a 22-year-old woman shot three times in the legs while walking her dog on the 1100 block of Oakdale Street. Both were listed in stable condition, police said, and no arrests had been made in either case.

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