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1 dead, 8 hurt in shooting at gathering in Philadelphia

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- One man was killed and eight other people were wounded at an outdoor gathering on a west Philadelphia street almost exactly two days after an earlier homicide on the same block, police said.

Officers called to the scene shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday found a large crowd of people outside and multiple shooting victims. Officers took two victims to Presbyterian Hospital in patrol vehicles and emergency responders transported two other people there; about an hour later, two more victims arrived at the hospital.

Police said a 19-year-old man with gunshot wounds to the face "and throughout his body" was pronounced dead at 5:40 a.m.

The eight other victims, seven of whom were female, were in stable condition or sustained only graze wounds, police said.

A 47-year-old shot in the back was listed in stable condition. A 21-year-old woman hit five times in both legs and two other women, ages 20 and 21 and also with leg wounds, were listed in stable condition. Police said Saturday afternoon that a 17-year-old girl was also hit in a leg.

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