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Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Philadelphia Police Investigating 6 Homicides Since Friday

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Despite the coronavirus outbreak, it's been a violent few days in Philadelphia with six homicides recorded between early Friday and Sunday night. Police say 25-year-old Quincy White was shot in north Philadelphia's Yorktown neighborhood shortly after 12:30 a.m. Friday and died soon afterward at a hospital.

Early Saturday, 27-year-old Anthony Glover was shot a number of times in the face and body in the Fairhill neighborhood of north Philadelphia and died at the hospital.

Just before 3 a.m. Saturday, 20-year-old Alexander Villaran was stabbed in the back in northeast Philadelphia's Huntingdon Valley. He died less than an hour later at a hospital.

Just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, 21-year-old Zharif Huff-Ali was shot in a north Philadelphia home and died at the scene.

Just before 2 a.m. Sunday, 26-year-old Henry Peterson was shot while sitting inside a car in west Philadelphia and died at a hospital. A 22-year-old woman shot in the head is listed in critical condition.

Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, 25-year-old Anthony Warren was shot multiple times in the face and torso in northwest Philadelphia's West Oak Lane neighborhood. He died minutes later at a hospital.

No arrests have been announced in any of the cases.

(© Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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