police say 15 minutes later attorney josh mcnamara says he was scratched on the cheek when he encountered the suspect near 21st and arch. investigators say stevens was kicked out of a shelter earlier this week after punching a man and police sources also tell us right now one of the victims is here inside central detectives talking to them and identifying stevens. we'll have much more on this in the next half hour. live for now outside central, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> monique, thank you. >>> one man is in critical condition in philadelphia. he was shot while sitting in his car in the city's hunting park neighborhood. he started to drive away after he was shot but then crashed into a truck. police say they found drugs in his car while they were pulling him out of it. they're now waiting to speak with him. with two people are hurt after a shooting and one of those victims was involved in a crash on the way to the hospital. the shooting happened on deraa street in frankford. the gunman shot a man and woman. the woman walked to the hospital on her own. someone took the man for treatm

. >> reporter: josh mcnamara has only a shallow scratch on his ce afris attacker ted to stab him walkinggym. he says that the violent encounter started after the the suspect yelled h. >> turned, started to walk a away andhat is when they guy came back around the corner and a slashed at my cheek. >> reporter: within second mcnamara says his attacker disappeared, police ramped up patrols at st and how c butinutes later. >> report of the sbbing, in front of the apartment. >> reporter: surveillance video caught whom police believe is the the same suspect, with his first ct running by. >> someone was csing him. he fell. when i wentut to y to help him, you owi thought the the guy was punching h. but he wasn't punching him. he was stabbing hi >> reporter: ralph wilson works at river loft apartments and he immediately srted yelling at the aacker from theront do. >> i saidut at out, you know and he just stopped and walked away calmy. like he didn't have a care in the rld. >> reporter: police say they have nootive as suspect never took anything fm either of the victims. after each violent altercat

. >> reporter: josh mcnamara was walking to the gym.became the next victim. >> turned and started to walk away and that's when this guy came back around the corner and slashed at my cheek. mcnamara has a cut on his face but is otherwise okay. he says the suspect yelled at him prior to the attack. neither were robbed 69 the motive is unclear and the attacks appear to be isolated to this part of center city. >> from what we have thus far it just appears they just approaches the individuals, pulls out the knife and begins to cut the individuals. >> reporter: and both of those victims including the victim there was attacked here at 23rd and walnut were treated and released from the hospital. police say if you have any information you're urged to contact them. for now reporting live in center city, annie mccormick channel6 "action news." >> happening today, a jury will begin deliberating the fate a bucks county woman who is accused of taking that's right a group beating on a gay couple in center city. 25-year-old katherine knott took the sta

. >> reporter: minutes later and just blocks away at 20's first and arch, josh mcnamara was walking to the gym. he became the next victim. >> turned and started to walk away and that's when this guy came back around the corner and slashed at my cheek. >> reporter: mcnamara has a cut on his face but is otherwise okay. he says the suspect yelled at him prior to the attack. police say both victims describe the same man. neither were robbed. the motive is unclear and the attacks appear to be isolated to this part of center city. >> from what we have thus far it appears he approaches the individuals pulls out the knife and begins to cut the individuals. >> reporter:. >> reporter: both of the victims have been treated and released from local hospitals. police are upping their patrols around this area. if you have any information you're urged to call them. for now reporting live in center city, an flee mccormick channel6 "action news." >> annie thank you. >>> new this morning a driver crashed in front of aria frankford hospital trying to get help for a shooting victim. police are holding that

. >> reporter: minutes later and just blocks away at 21st and arch josh mcnamara was walking to the gymthe next victim. >> turned and started to walk away and that's when this guy came back around the corner and slashed at my cheek. >> reporter: mcnamara has a cut on his face but is otherwise okay. he says the suspect yelled at him prior to the attack. police say both victims describe the same man. neither were robbed. the motive is unclear and the attacks appear to be isolated to this part of center city. >> from what we have thus far it just appears that he just approaches the individuals, pulls out the knife and begins to cut the individuals. >> reporter: and police say that the victim that was attacked here at 23rd and walnut again was established in the side and also in his hand. we are told he was taken to hahnemann hospital yesterday but was released. reporting live in center city, annie mccorm make channel6 "actiomccormack channel6"action. >> police are holding that suv as evidence. they found a shell casing inside. the driver had come back from the 4900 block of dara street. so

. >> reporter: police say josh mc mcnamara was the attacker's next victim a half hour later. >> i felt my arm and something slash at my neck. i gave him a shot to the shoulder. >> reporter: the man ran off, never stealing from his victims only attacking the strangers. he describes his injury as a scratch on the cheek. >> it could have been much worse. i'm very lucky. >> reporter: detectives are following leads on a person of interest who wases kicked out of a homeless shelter hours before the attacks. matched the suspect on camera on surveillance down to his clothing. this victim is thankful he got away from the attacker with two helpers at the riverloft apartments who saw what happened. >> they both came out and shouted something because then the assailant walked away. >> reporter: now both victims carried on with their daily routines. one heading to school while the other headed to work in delaware. police are working to officially identify a person of interest before releasing any type of name. reporting live outside central detectives, denise nakano, nbc 10 news. >>> new at 11:00,