A man and a woman are fighting for their lives after a shooting early Sunday morning near 58th and Arch streets in West Philadelphia, and the person who pulled the trigger has not been caught. Police found a man in his 20s shot once in the back and a woman in her 40s with a single gunshot wound to the stomach, and both were rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
Conflicting Accounts of Where the Gunfire Started
Exactly where the shooting unfolded is still murky. According to NBC10 Philadelphia, police said the gunfire erupted around 4:45 a.m. Sunday inside a home along 58th Street near Arch Street, leaving a man and woman in critical condition. But Fox 29 reported that the shooting happened just before 5 a.m. near the same intersection, and that investigators said an altercation broke out inside the kitchen area of what police are describing as a speakeasy, according to the station's report.
The seed account from 6abc Philadelphia places the shots along the unit block of North 58th Street at around 4:40 a.m. Sunday, and says investigators believe the shooting happened inside a speakeasy on the block. Hoodline could not independently verify which version is accurate, and the discrepancy between a private home and an after-hours bar has not been resolved by any of the outlets covering the case.
Victims Hospitalized, Shooter Still Unaccounted For
Both victims were transported to a local hospital, where they remain in critical condition, per the same account from Fox 29. The person who fired the shots had not been taken into custody as of the reports, according to NBC10 Philadelphia. Police are searching for the person responsible for the double shooting, per 6abc Philadelphia, but no name, description, or arrest has been announced.
Authorities have not confirmed whether a weapon was recovered or the total number of shots fired, Fox 29 notes. It also remains unclear how many people were inside when the shooting occurred, according to NBC10 Philadelphia's reporting. No further details about the condition of the victims, their identities, or where they were taken for treatment have been released.
Part of a Troubling Pattern at Philly Nightlife Spots
Shootings tied to bars and late-night venues have repeatedly rattled Philadelphia neighborhoods in recent memory. A shooting outside a bar and lounge in the city's Fairhill section left one person dead and four others injured, according to CBS Philadelphia. In a separate case, 6abc Philadelphia reported that a 20-year-old man was being sought in connection with a deadly shooting outside Vari Bar & Lounge in the city's Fairhill section. Neither of those incidents has been tied to Sunday's shooting near 58th and Arch, but they underscore how often gunfire has followed late-night gatherings across the city.
For now, the case near 58th and Arch remains an open investigation with no suspect in custody and no confirmed account of exactly where inside the block the gunfire began. Hoodline will update this story as police release additional information.
