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1 killed, 1 wounded in N. Phila, shooting

One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting early today in North Philadelphia, police said.

One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting early today in North Philadelphia, police said.

Officers responding to reports of gunfire found the victims about 12:20 a.m. on the 17000 block of Wylie Street in the Francisville neighborhood, police said.

A 25-year-old man who had been shot multiples times in the back and side was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m., police said.

A 21-year-old man was reported in stable condition at Temple University Hospital with a gunshot wound to the wrist, police said.

Police are investigating and there is no word yet on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.