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5 shot in overnight robbery in N. Phila.

Five men were shot and wounded, one critically, early today during a robbery in North Philadelphia, police said.

Five men were shot and wounded, one critically, early today during a robbery in North Philadelphia, police said.

Police say the incident began when two men approached a group sitting on a porch on the 4000 block of North Broad Street in Hunting Park-Nicetown section about 3 a.m. and demanded their money and sneakers.

Gunfire erupted and three men were shot in the back and two others suffered leg wounds, police said.

All but a 34-year-old man were in stable condition at either Temple University Hospital or Albert Einstein Medical Center. That victim was in critical condition at Temple with a back wound.

The victims were uncooperative, police said.

CBS3 reports that a woman who lives in the house said one of the robbers apparently was a family member.

Police declined to comment on that.