Philadelphia shooting

A shooting on Philadelphia's South Street late Saturday night left at least three people dead and 11 others injured after police say multiple gunmen opened ...

Prior to the shooting on South Street, police say there was another incident just blocks away at 4th and Bainbridge streets. Pace says investigators are looking into any possible connection between the incidents given the proximity. "The mass shooting on South Street last night is horrible," Rhynhart said in a tweet. "The terror of gun violence across our city must be stopped, over 920 people have been shot in Philly so far this year. People gathering on South Street Saturday night can be seen running in surveillance footage from a business located near the deadly shooting. "South Street is known for being a corridor for entertainment.

Authorities say gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in one of downtown Philadelphia's most popular entertainment districts late ...

“People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and skinned elbows,” Walsh said. He said, however, fighting it would be “an uphill battle" without measures to address the “availability and ease of access to firearms." “Once again, we see lives senselessly lost and those injured in yet another horrendous, brazen and despicable act of gun violence," he said in a statement Sunday morning.

No arrests made after violence erupted Saturday night in downtown area on South Street when numerous gunshots rang out.

Pace said police were asking business owners to review video from surveillance cameras. Two handguns were recovered, including one with an extended magazine, police said. The conditions of those who were wounded by gunfire remains unknown.

Driving the news: The shooting took place shortly before midnight and was perpetrated by "several active shooters," CNN reported. Law enforcement officers on ...

But the National Sports Shooting Foundation, the industry trade group that's a rising lobbying force, says it thinks there's a deal to be made. What they're saying: "The events that transpired last evening on South Street are beyond devastating. - While it wasn't clear if the shooter was struck, they did drop their semiautomatic handgun with an extended magazine before fleeing the scene. Why it matters: Jacobs' abandoning his re-election campaign is another sign of the GOP's entrenchment in gun rights and may serve as a warning for other Republicans as pressure mounts on Congress to pass new gun control legislation. - Two men and a woman were killed in the shooting, which took place on Philadelphia's South Street, "known for being a corridor of entertainment" with many bars and restaurants, according to Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace, per CNN. Why it matters: A spate of recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa have rocked the nation, bringing the national conversation around gun violence and gun control back into the forefront.

At least three people were killed and 11 injured when multiple people opened fire in the busy South Street area of Philadelphia Saturday night, police said.

Two men and a woman were killed, officials said. South Street is "known for being a corridor of entertainment" with multiple bars and restaurants, Pace said. "We're uncertain whether he was struck or not, but the officer was able to get that individual to drop his gun and flee," the police inspector said.

Three people have died after more than a dozen were injured during a shooting just before midnight on Saturday in South Philadelphia, authorities said.

"The initial investigation indicates this was a targeted attack," Burton said. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene. Once the gunfire erupted, the witness people were screaming and running in all directions. He said the officer fired at the armed man three times, possibly wounding him. "Time has run out," Gallego tweeted. He said a police officer on patrol in the area witnessed the shooting unfold and attempted to detain one of the gunmen.

PHILADELPHIA – Police hunted for multiple gunmen Sunday after a shooting rampage on a crowded downtown street killed three people, wounded 11 and ignited ...

“That doesn’t mean taking guns away from responsible gun owners, but it does mean mandatory background checks and prohibiting high-capacity magazines that allow shooters to hurt dozens of people without even having to reload,” he said. Years ago a shooting on South Street would have been unheard of, she said. The traces of Saturday night’s shooting were cleared from South Street Sunday morning, except for the bullet holes that shattered glass at an empty storefront near Rita’s water ice. Sabrina Leftie, a city sanitation worker, wasn’t surprised when she got the call to report to work on South Street Sunday morning. That no one needs an assault weapon for safety." “At some point, I believe guns are going to be outlawed.” Officers patrolling the popular South Street entertainment district heard the shots and saw what appeared to be multiple gunmen, Philadelphia Police Inspector D. F. Pace said at a briefing. "Once again, we see lives senselessly lost and those injured in yet another horrendous, brazen and despicable act of gun violence," Kenney said. Updates on the investigation would be released as more information becomes available, he said. Hours later, a shooting at a Tennessee nightclub left three dead and 14 wounded in Chattanooga as gun violence continued its unrelenting sweep across the nation. “There were hundreds of individuals just enjoying South Street, as they do every single weekend, when this shooting broke out,” Pace said. Two men and a woman were killed, all suffered multiple gunshot wounds, Pace said.

At least three people were killed and 11 injured when multiple people opened fire in the busy South Street area of Philadelphia Saturday night, police said.

"We cannot accept continued violence as a way of life in our country. "We're uncertain whether he was struck or not, but the officer was able to get that individual to drop his gun and flee." "I will continue to fight to protect our communities and urge others to advocate for stronger laws that keep guns out of the hands of violent individuals." "The surge in gun violence that we've seen across the nation -- and here in Philadelphia -- makes me not just heartbroken, but angry," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Sunday. One officer was "within about 10 to 15 yards" of one of the shooters and fired at the suspect, Pace said. The violence in Philadelphia marked the sixth mass shooting in the US just this weekend, according to the non-profit organization Gun Violence Archive.

A string of shootings left at least six people dead and nearly three dozen others wounded in Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee this weekend, ...

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PHILADELPHIA — (AP) — Gunfire from several shooters killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular Philadelphia entertainment district late ...

“People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and skinned elbows,” Walsh said. He said, however, fighting this violence would be “an uphill battle" without measures to address the “availability and ease of access to firearms." “Once again, we see lives senselessly lost and those injured in yet another horrendous, brazen and despicable act of gun violence," he said in a statement Sunday morning. The other two people who were killed and a number of wounded, who ranged from age 17 to 69, are believed to have been innocent bystanders, Outlaw said. Investigators believe one of the three killed was involved in “a physical altercation" with another man, and those two began firing at each other, with both struck by gunfire, Outlaw said. Surveillance video from a local business posted by WTXF-TV showed scores of people milling about on the sidewalks and in the street, then fleeing as the gunfire broke out.

Officials have identified three people who were killed by gunfire that erupted on South Street late Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered on the ...

One officer shot at a suspect multiple times after witnessing him continuing to fire into the crowd. Of those 11, a 23-year-old man was the only one who suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The 11 people who suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds ranged in age from 17-69. Two men involved in the fight exchanged gunfire, according to Outlaw, and both were struck. Gregory Jackson, 34, succumbed to his injuries at Presbyterian Hospital a short time after the shooting. They say Minners was a second-grade resident advisor at Girard College in Philadelphia.

Police officers were patrolling the area on South Street in Philadelphia when they heard multiple gunshots and witnessed several suspects firing into a ...

One of the surviving victims has since been released, and the other six were in stable condition Sunday morning. Damien Woods, a spokesman for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, said 10 patients were transported to the hospital after the shooting. You walk down the street and neighbors are sitting out on their stoop with a glass of wine." “Our city — and country — have experienced a steep rise in gun violence over the past few years. Police said additional shooters opened fire in the 500 block of Leithgow Street, striking homes in the 400 block of Gaskill Street. Last month, another popular Philadelphia entertainment destination also was the scene of a shooting. Eventually, the sound turned to several gun shots in succession fired westbound on South Street. Dangler helped a 22-year-old woman who was shot in the neck outside his bar, pressing rags against the wound. There was a fatal shooting in the 500 block of Broad Street about an hour later. An officer was within “10 to 15 yards” of the shooter and fired at the man several times, police said. Two others exchanged gunfire on South Street. Police are unsure the order in which the shootings occurred. It appeared they were not involved in the incident, officials said.

Yesterday was a dark day for Philadelphia,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said, calling the shooting an atrocity.

Blood stains were visible on the street, on cars, and on things the crowd had left behind, such as a once-white sweatshirt. South Street is a popular spot for nightlife, especially in the summer, and hundreds of people were out on Saturday night. In addition to the South Street shooting, there were at least nine other shootings in Philadelphia over the weekend. At least two other guns were fired amid the mayhem, Vanore said, but police have not yet identified the suspected shooters. “I was realizing, this is a mass shooting event, that’s what this sounds like.” The other was hospitalized in critical condition. “Yesterday was a dark day for Philadelphia,” Outlaw said, calling the shooting an atrocity. The police deployed extra officers to the area Sunday night, and the city closed the streets between Front and Sixth Streets and from Bainbridge to Lombard from Sunday at 8 p.m. until Monday at 6 a.m. It was the first shooting on South Street in which multiple people were killed since 2015, when the police began regularly publishing gun-violence statistics. Officials said the investigation into the shooting was in its early stages. Gunfire came in bursts and bullets ricocheted, sparking off the asphalt. Five guns were used by the assailants, leading police to believe there may have been five shooters.

A night of revelry on Philadelphia's South Street turned chaotic over the weekend as multiple gunmen opened fire in the crowd, leaving three people dead and ...

, citing "patterns of recent violence in the area and ongoing safety concerns." The shooting marked "a dark day for Philadelphia," the police commissioner said. This is not something that's normal in the city of Philadelphia, and I don't want anyone to begin to think that it is." Officials believe the shooting started after what may have been a "physical altercation," Outlaw said. One of the guns police found had an extended magazine, Pace said. In that deadly wake, the US Senate

Philadelphia police said they are looking for witnesses in Saturday's late-night shooting that left 3 dead and 11 wounded, including many "innocent ...

“We expect to be able to gather a lot of video surveillance footage,” Pace said. And we mourn the lives lost and the dozens and dozens of lives affected by this tragedy.” The worst of the wounded was a 23-year-old man shot multiple times and said to be in critical condition, according to the Sunday afternoon statement. A $20,000 reward was being offered for information that leads to an arrest, Outlaw said. "The unknown male dropped his handgun on the sidewalk and ran southbound on 600 American Street," the department said. I visited with Kris’ parents this morning and the College will continue to offer them every support,” he added.

Police in Philadelphia on Monday were still searching for multiple gunmen after a shooting Saturday left three people dead.

In Omaha, one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting Friday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. In Summerton, a 32-year-old woman was killed and at least seven other people were shot, WIS-TV reported. Meanwhile, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a man was killed and three others were injured in a shooting downtown early Sunday, MLive reported. In Chester, a 20-year-old man was killed and at least five other people were shot, WTVR-TV reported. The shooting in Philadelphia broke out in a crowded downtown street Saturday night. A shooting at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, nightclub Sunday morning, left two people fatally shot and a third dead after being hit by a vehicle during a scramble following the shooting, Chattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy said.

Officials said the investigation into the shooting was in its early stages. No one had been taken into custody.

The others, authorities said, ranged in age from 17 to 43. No one had been taken into custody, and investigators were still seeking to piece together video, ballistics, and other evidence. And I asked the band members if they want to keep going and they said sure. Gunfire came in bursts and bullets ricocheted, sparking off the asphalt. Five guns were used by the assailants, leading police to believe there may have been five shooters. Key senators said Sunday there is growing momentum to forge a bipartisan congressional response to recent mass shootings that could toughen federal gun laws for the first time in a generation.

Investigators recovered two handguns from the scene, authorities said. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident, police said. Expand

Investigators believe the officer’s shot struck the gunman, who dropped his weapon and fled, Outlaw said. Authorities believe five guns were fired beginning shortly after 11:30 p.m. Saturday as crowds gathered on South Street, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. One responding officer “fired several times in the direction of” an “unknown male” who was firing a gun, Outlaw said in a news conference Sunday afternoon.