PHILADELPHIA — Three individuals had been killed and 10 others injured in a taking pictures early Monday in a South Philadelphia neighborhood, authorities mentioned.
The three individuals who died had been adults, and two of the wounded had been juveniles, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel informed reporters. The taking pictures occurred shortly earlier than 1 a.m. alongside a residential road in Grays Ferry, he mentioned.
“We’ve quite a few rounds that had been shot on the block,” Bethel mentioned.
Police mentioned one particular person with a weapon was taken into custody.
Bethel mentioned police had already responded to the identical block late Saturday into early Sunday and a few arrests had been made.
It wasn’t instantly identified what prompted the taking pictures.
“That is coward, want-to-be-thugs stuff,” Bethel mentioned.
The taking pictures occurred after different shootings within the metropolis and elsewhere around the U.S. over the Fourth of July weekend. These included at the very least eight individuals struck by gunfire close to a South Philadelphia nightclub.
