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Violent overnight leaves four dead

A wave of overnight violence across Philadelphia left at least four people dead, including a 17-year-old girl found fatally stabbed in the parking lot of a Hunting Park Walgreens.

A wave of overnight violence across Philadelphia left at least four people dead, including a 17-year-old girl found fatally stabbed in the parking lot of a Hunting Park Walgreens.

Officers found the girl, who was not immediately identified, along the 4200 block of North Broad Street, near Hunting Park Avenue, about 3:22 a.m., police said.

She had been stabbed multiple times in her neck, back and arm and was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she died at 3:40 a.m.

There wasn't word on a motive or suspect, and police reported no arrest.

Three men were killed in unrelated shootings; the first occurring along the 1700 block of South 53rd Street, in Kingsessing, about 8:44 p.m. Saturday, police said.

A 26-year-old man was shot multiple times and died minutes later at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital. Police described the suspect only as a black male wearing all-black clothing.

Officers were next dispatched to the 2000 block of East Stella Street, in Kensington, about 1:10 a.m. Sunday. They found a man, 44, lying in a pool of blood, suffering from gunshot wounds to his right leg, left neck, and chest.

Medics pronounced the man dead on the scene. Police described the suspect as a black male wearing a white T-shirt, last seen running east on Stella from Frankford Avenue.

Less than two hours later, officers responded to a report of a shooting in Olney, where a Volkswagen sedan riddled with bullet holes had crashed into a traffic light at Front Street and Duncannon Avenue.

Investigators found in the backseat a man, 21, shot in his head. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene about 3:15 a.m.

The car's driver, also 21, ran from the vehicle when he heard the gunfire and was shot in his right thigh and foot, police said. He was placed in stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.

Police reported no arrest in connection with any of the killings, as of Sunday morning. The victims' names had not yet been released because their family members were still being notified.

As with all homicides, the city offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Anyone with information was asked to contact Philadelphia police.