Jalonnie Gentry ID'd As Victim In Southwest Philly Shooting

A double shooting in Southwest Philadelphia claimed one person's life and sent another to the hospital on Thursday, Dec. 28, city police told Daily Voice.

The 1900 block of South 60th Street; Philadelphia police.
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Mac Bullock

12/29/2023 3:06 p.m.

Shots rang out near South 60th Street and Chester Avenue around 1:30 p.m., PPD said.

Officers arrived to find two people with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and arms, and both were rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, police said.

One victim, 28-year-old Jalonnie Gentry of South Philadelphia, was pronounced dead at the hospital minutes later, according to authorities.

Police said they had not identified a motive or made an arrest as of Friday, Dec. 29. Detectives with the Homicide Unit are investigating.

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