Philly mayor calls for action after deaths

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s mayor on Friday called for action after three separate shootings in one day left three people dead and six others injured.

Two of those killed were teenagers.

The gunfire began Thursday afternoon when a 16-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man were killed in a shooting that also wounded a 30-year-old and a 19-year-old man, police said.

The violence continued when a gunman opened fire near a rec center's basketball court, striking two boys and a girl, police said. All were 15 years old. One of the boys died.

Police said a man and a woman also were shot shortly before midnight.

No arrests have been made in the shootings.

“At this rate, 2021 is on track to be the most violent year we’ve experienced in our lifetimes,” Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.