Woman critically injured, friends carjacked in separate overnight Philadelphia incidents

Published
June 20, 2026
Outcome
Injured
Location
sedan opened, Pennsylvania
5000 block of Parkside Avenue and 4800 block of Parkside Avenue
Incident type
Shooting, Robbery

Summary

Shooting Sedan Opened Pennsylvania in sedan opened, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia police are investigating two separate overnight incidents. In the first, a 23-year-old woman and a 27-year-old woman left a local bar around 2:30 a.m. and were driving when a dark-colored sedan pulled alongside them; after a brief verbal exchange, a suspect inside the sedan opened fire, and both women were struck by gunfire before the driver took them to Temple University Hospital. In the second incident, a man and three friends sitting inside a black 2010 Nissan Maxima near a house party on the 5000 block of Parkside Avenue were caught in a shootout between two groups of males, after which two to four males ambushed the group, forced their way into the vehicle at gunpoint, ordered the driver to drive away, and then forced the victims out of the car on the 4800 block of Parkside Avenue; the victims were not physically hurt.

Publicly reported parties

Name Role Status
Unnamed Passenger Passenger Injured

Original reporting

Woman critically injured, friends carjacked in separate overnight Philadelphia incidents | FOX 29 Philadelphia

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