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Two men dead after separate attacks in Philly

Philadelphia police were investigating two separate attacks Monday morning that left two men dead. Around 1:15 a.m., police responded to the 4400 block of Westminster Street in West Philadelphia. The call had been for a shooting, but officers instead found a man who had been stabbed several times in his legs and torso, police said.

Philadelphia police were investigating two separate attacks Monday morning that left two men dead.

Around 1:15 a.m., police responded to the 4400 block of Westminster Street in West Philadelphia. The call had been for a shooting, but officers instead found a man who had been stabbed several times in his legs and torso, police said.

The man, 31-year-old David Becton, was pronounced dead at the scene. Becton lived on North 46th Street, about two blocks away from where he was found.

Around 6:30 a.m. in the Logan section of North Philadelphia, another man was found dead in the parking lot behind a Dunkin' Donuts on North Broad Street.

The 39-year-old man had a puncture wound in his chest, but police say it's unclear whether he'd been shot or stabbed.

No arrests have been made in either incident.

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