Weekend News Briefs: 8/24-8/26

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Sunday – A man died around 2 a.m. after bring struck in a hit-and-run on Roosevelt Boulevard. Another driver found the man lying on the 7700-block of the Boulevard near Hartel Avenue. A description of the suspect and the car have not been released.

A 32-year-old woman was killed around 3 a.m. from gunshot wounds she sustained in Frankford. The victim was shot twice in the stomach on the 47oo-block of Griscom Street.

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