Bloody graduation: in Philadelphia, unknown persons opened fire on the crowd
At a graduation party in a park in the southwestern part of Philadelphia, one person was killed and five others were injured. The incident occurred after 10 hours on Sunday evening, June 16.
Detectives said the 24-year-old man was shot in the back and died after being taken to hospital. In addition, another victim was wounded in the elbow; he is 21 years old. The other two victims are 15, 16 and years old, and two more are 17 years old. They were wounded in the legs.
Earlier, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross told reporters about more injuries. According to him, in addition to four minors, four adults aged from 20 to 30 were also injured. According to him, their injuries are not life threatening.
Ross said that all the attackers shot eight or nine times.
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At the time of writing the news did not arrest anyone.
The police commissioner added that the witnesses saw three men in the parking lot when one of them walked up to the celebration venue and started shooting at the crowd.
The police is engaged in the compilation of identikits of the suspects and the search for the car on which the criminals fled.
The cause of the shooting is still unclear. Police allow revenge and plans to increase patrols to ensure security.
This shooting completed another weekend filled with violence with firearms in Philadelphia. More than a dozen people were injured from Friday evening to the situation at the graduation.
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