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Two killed, including a 17-year-old, in separate shootings in Philly

The teenager was shot in the face and pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

File art of police vehicles.
File art of police vehicles.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer

A 17-year-old boy was gunned down in a North Philadelphia street Monday night, the second of two people killed in the city in separate shootings in the city.

The teen was shot in the face just after 9 p.m. near 21st and Jefferson Streets, according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released. No arrests were made, and police did not release any details.

A few minutes earlier in South Philadelphia, a 25-year-old man was shot multiple times at 8:56 p.m. while driving a vehicle on the 1300 block of Packer Street. Medics took him to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he died at 9:31.

His name was not released and no other details were available.