The Brief
- Two women were shot after leaving a bar early Saturday morning in Philadelphia.
- A 27-year-old woman was critically injured after a dark-colored sedan pulled alongside their vehicle and someone opened fire.
- In a separate incident, a group of friends was carjacked at gunpoint after a shootout near a house party on Parkside Avenue.
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police are investigating two separate overnight incidents that left one woman critically injured and a group of friends carjacked at gunpoint.
Double shooting after bar dispute
Police said officers from the 25th District responded to Temple University Hospital around 2:42 a.m. Saturday after two women arrived with gunshot wounds.
Investigators said a 23-year-old woman and a 27-year-old woman had left a local bar around 2:30 a.m. and were driving to drop the 27-year-old woman off at home.
About 15 minutes into the drive, a dark-colored sedan pulled alongside the passenger side of their vehicle. Police said a brief verbal exchange happened between the 23-year-old woman and someone inside the sedan.…