Two men weren't so lucky in the early hours of St. Patrick's Day, falling victim yesterday to a fatal double shooting.
About 1:40 a.m. two men were sitting inside a white car on Cobbs Creek Parkway near Walnut Street when one or more shooters approached and opened fire, police said.
One of the victims, whose identity police had not determined by last night, was shot three times in his back, three times in his left thigh and once in his right thigh, police said.
The man, believed to be between 25 and 30, was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 2:24 a.m.
His 21-year-old companion, whom police did not identify, was shot in the hand, left arm and chest.
He was taken to Mercy Hospital by private vehicle, where he was pronounced dead at 2:40 a.m.
Also yesterday, police identified two men who were fatally shot about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Cedarboork section of the city.
Reginald Marshall, 40, and his companion, Darryl Blow, 42, were shot multiple times on Fayette Street near Gowen Avenue after an argument with the shooter, whom police have not been able to identify, police said.
Marshall, of Sedgley Avenue near Germantown, had numerous chest wounds. He was pronounced dead at Chestnut Hill Hospital at 8:14 p.m.
Blow, of Bucknell Street near Jackson, was shot in his stomach and face.
He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:28 p.m., police said.
