Mass shooting in Philadelphia leaves four dead and four injured, including two youths, as suspect wearing ballistic vest is arrested
- Four people are dead and four others are injured, including two youths
- A man in a ballistic vest was arrested
- The condition of the two young people shot was not immediately known
Four people are dead and four others injured, including two youths, after a mass shooting in Philadelphia Monday night when a man wearing a ballistic vest was taken into custody.
A short video from a security camera shows the gunman just walking down the street and shooting at people.
A spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed there were “multiple gunshot victims,” but said further details were not immediately available.
Officers received a call about a man armed with a rifle in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood around 8:30 p.m., police said. Questioner.
Philadelphia police were dispatched to 56th Street and Chester Avenue, where they found several victims.
Four people are dead and four others injured, including two youths, after a mass shooting in Philadelphia Monday evening when a man wearing a ballistic vest was taken into custody
Police spokeswoman Jasmine Reilly told the network that six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The condition of the two young people shot was not immediately known.
Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a bulletproof vest was apprehended nearby. The police themselves did not fire any shots.
The condition of the two young people shot was not immediately known.
Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a bulletproof vest was apprehended nearby. The police themselves did not fire any shots.
They also found a rifle and pistol in an alley a short distance from the shooting.
Police are still investigating the shooting.
Four people were killed and four others injured in a Monday night shooting in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media reported, citing police.
The shooting came a day after two people were shot dead and 28 others injured, about half of them children, in a hail of gunfire at a neighborhood party in Baltimore, Maryland.
A spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed there were “multiple gunshot victims,” but said further details were not immediately available
Officers received a call about a man armed with a rifle in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood around 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia police were dispatched to 56th Street and Chester Avenue, where they found several victims
Police spokeswoman Jasmine Reilly told the network that six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a bulletproof vest was apprehended nearby. The police themselves did not fire any shots
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, tweeted about the shooting about two hours later.
“Shocked by reports of a shooting in southwest Philadelphia,” he said. “My heart is with the loved ones and families of all involved, and I send my prayers to the victims.”
“My sincerest thanks to @PhillyPolice for their courageous response and successful apprehension of a suspect.”