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Fairhill shooting outside Vari Bar kills 34-year-old man, injures four others
A 34-year-old man died and four people were wounded in a shooting early Sunday on North Lawrence Street in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood. The wounded were reported in stable condition; police have not said what led to the gunfire.
A 34-year-old man was killed and four other people were injured in a shooting early Sunday outside Vari Bar and Lounge in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood, police said.
The shooting happened shortly after 4 a.m. on the 2800 block of North Lawrence Street, near Cambria Street. The man who died was shot in the chest and back and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A 36-year-old man was shot in the abdomen. A woman was wounded in the arm and leg, another woman suffered graze wounds to her head and arm, and a man in his 30s was shot in the arm. All four were listed in stable condition.
Police have not said what prompted the shooting. Evidence markers were visible outside the bar and lounge after the incident.