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Police name three victims in Tuesday shooting deaths

Police have released the identities of three men killed by gunfire Tuesday in separate incidents in Philadelphia. Andre Robbins, 33, of Elmwood, was shot on the 5700 block of Hadfield Street in Kingsessing at 2:33 p.m. He was driven to Mercy Philadelphia Hospital by private vehicle, police said, and pronounced dead at 2:42.

Police have released the identities of three men killed by gunfire Tuesday in separate incidents in Philadelphia.

Andre Robbins, 33, of Elmwood, was shot on the 5700 block of Hadfield Street in Kingsessing at 2:33 p.m. He was driven to Mercy Philadelphia Hospital by private vehicle, police said, and pronounced dead at 2:42.

Police said Robbins had been in an argument; no arrests had been made.

Johnny Johnson, 36, was shot in the left side of his back around 5:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of Redfield Street in Carroll Park. Johnson lived just a few blocks from where he was killed, police said. He was pronounced dead at 6:49 at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, police said.

A 28-year-old woman who also lives in the area suffered a graze wound in the incident. Police said the shooting also resulted from an argument, but couldn't specify what the dispute was about. No weapons have been recovered and no arrests had been made.

Police said they were looking for two men wearing masks.

At 8:22 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting on the 2000 block of East Stella Street in Kensington. On the street they found Eliezer Mendez, 22, of Kensington, suffering from a bullet wound to the chest. Police took him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No motive was apparent in the case, and no arrests had been made. When police searched around East Stella Street, they found a 21-year-old man who had been struck in the head with a bullet. He remains in stable condition at Temple.

Police also released the name of a man killed in a shooting Monday: Alex Fauntleroy, 33, of Lansdowne. At 11:32 p.m. Monday, officers near the 1300 block of North Conestoga Street in Carroll Park heard gunshots. They found Fauntleroy with multiple gunshot wounds.

Ballistics evidence showed that Fauntleroy had been shot at 18 times, police said. No arrests had been made in the case.