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2 dead, 9 injured in Philly shootings

At least 11 people were struck by gunfire in a time span of just more than 12 hours.

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In just more than 12 hours, at least 11 people were shot across Philadelphia, with two killed and nine injured.

No arrests have been made in any of the shootings, which happened from Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

Men killed in Kensington, Southwest Philly

One of the victims killed was a 25-year-old man who was shot in the chest on the 3100 block of Weymouth Street in Kensington. Police were called to the scene at 12:04 a.m. Thursday. They found the victim unresponsive and transported him to Temple University Hospital.

The man, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at 12:30 a.m. The Homicide Unit is investigating.

Also, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot at a block party in Southwest Philadelphia. A 38-year-old off-duty police officer was wounded in that shooting.

>> READ MORE: Off-duty cop wounded, man killed in shooting at S.W. Philadelphia block party

Double shootings under investigation in Fairhill and Ogontz

Police are also investigating a pair of double shootings.

A 30-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were also taken  to Temple after a double shooting on the 2800 block of Mascher Street in Fairhill about 10 p.m. Wednesday. The man was shot in the neck, chest and shoulder, and was in critical condition. The woman was shot in a leg and was stable.

In the other double shooting, two men, ages 26 and 30, were wounded on the 1600 block of West Nedro Avenue in Ogontz about 11 a.m. Thursday. Both were hospitalized in stable condition. The bullets came from a dark-colored sedan that drove down the alley where the men were on a building's rear steps, police said.

4 others, including 2 teens, wounded in shootings

Just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, on the 1600 block of North Redfield Street in West Philadelphia, a 17-year-old male suffered a graze wound to the side of his head. The victim was at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in stable condition. Police said they recovered the weapon.

A little more than an hour later, a 53-year-old man was shot "multiple times throughout the body" about 12:35 a.m Thursday on the 1800 block of South Sixth Street in South Philadelphia, police said. The victim was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was in critical condition.

At 1:51 a.m., a 16-year-old male was shot once in his abdomen. He was in critical condition at Hahnemann University Hospital.

And about 2:40 a.m. on the 1800 block of East Lippincott Street in Kensington, a 27-year-old man was taken to Temple  after being shot in a leg. He was listed in stable condition.