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Shootings, stab and more reported during the celebration of the NFC championships in Philadelphia

Two shootings, stab and car accident The police said that wounded many pedestrians were among several “significant” incidents reported in Philadelphia after the celebrations after winning the Eagles match for the NFC championship on Sunday.

The first shooting incident was reported around 21:25 at the Center City, when officers located a 20-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in a stable condition. The police said that no suspects were identified.

Later that night, a 39-year-old man going to Broad Street in the Spring Garden district was also wounded after releasing the shots from the crowd, the police said. The police said that the man came to the local hospital around 23:20 with two wounds from grazing in the chest and stomach. The police said that no arrests were made and the shooting remains during the investigation.

Eagles fans celebrate after winning the NFC Championship team in Philadelphia, January 26, 2025.

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The police investigate other incidents with shootings, including a video circulating on the social media of a man shooting in Frankford and Cottman Avenues.

They were also reported around 19:45 near Lincoln Financial Field, where Eagles defeated Washington Commanders 55-23 and hit the ticket to Super Bowl. The police said that a 25-year-old man was stabbed with his foot “after an oral quarrel” and was transported to the hospital in a stable hospital. Suspicious-marked by the police as 34-year-old Tamayne Davis-Blockson-he was arrested on the spot and accused of assault, having an instrument of crime and recklessly exposing himself to another person, the police said.

The police said that on Sunday a few assaults were reported for officers, including two who worked on the details of the NFC championship. In one incident, 44-year-old Eugene Dennis from the media in Pennsylvania was accused of assaulting and related allegations for alleged assault on an officer at 16:40 during “disturbances”, said the police. The police said that almost two hours later, 32-year-old Jose Moya of Soquel in California was accused of tightened assault and other crimes for alleged attacking an officer.

The police are investigating two other reports about an assault on officers, including one, which was hit in the head with a bottle of water, distracted a large crowd in the city center around 22:00 on Sunday, police said. No arrests were made.

In total, 31 people received quotes for disordered behavior or lack of dispersion, the police said.

Philadelphia Eagles fans cheers during the first half of the NFL NFL football match against Washington, on January 26, 2025 in Philadelphia.

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Mayor Philadelphia Cherrelle Parker spoke to some incidents during comments on Monday.

“We also had several attacks on our policemen,” said Parker. “You don’t want to be, you know, at a solemn moment and there was a tragedy. You don’t want it. “

“So please, not shooting with pistols in the air,” she said.

Among the other incidents that took place during the ceremony, it took place when the car hit the crowd of revelers in Spring Garden, hurting eight pedestrians, the police said. According to police, injuries ranged from pain to fracture. The police said that a 26-year-old driver was arrested.

Vandalism was reported shortly after 4 am on Monday at the office of the District Prosecutor in Philadelphia, where the broken glass front door and the cracked two glass windows, the police said. The incident remains in the study.

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