Jan. 1 saw 10 shootings before 5 p.m., one of which resulted in a grim milestone: Philadelphia's first homicide of the year.
. But 2023 started off on a similar foot, with eight nonfatal shootings occurring in the first six hours of the new year. Only one of those resulted in an arrest as of the afternoon.
About 1 a.m. in East Frankford, on the 4800 block of Tackawanna Street, police responded to what they said was a domestic assault: A 30-year-old woman who was being attacked fired a gun at her attacker, hitting him in the abdomen. The 30-year-old man was taken to Temple University Hospital and was in stable condition. Police said the woman had a permit to carry. Police made an arrest and recovered a weapon.
At 2:37 a.m., police responded to reports of gunfire on the 1900 block of North Third Street, where they found an 18-year-old man shot in the right leg and a 15-year-old shot in the left biceps and right forearm. They were taken to Temple University Hospital and were in stable condition. At 5:10 a.m., police responded to Temple University Hospital to a report of a 34-year-old man shot in the left thigh; he was in stable condition. Police said the shooting occurred on the 4100 block of North Broad Street in the Nicetown neighborhood.
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