An argument between two men led to a deadly shooting and a stabbing in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday evening.
According to police, one man was shot in the chest and another man was stabbed in the right arm and left leg as a result of the pair’s argument.
The man shot was killed and the man stabbed was listed as critically hurt at the hospital.
“It appears that the crime scene is both inside the property, as well as on the front yard where we found a large amount of blood both inside and outside,” said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
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When officers arrived at the scene, they found the two men on the porch of a house on the 5400 block of Harbison Avenue, police said. A knife and a gun were found outside the home, and two more knives were found inside the home.
A 62-year-old man who lived in the home was the man killed, while the other man has been identified as a man in his 30s.
The names of the two men have not been released.
The relationship between the two of them is not yet known.
