One of the children was shot in the leg while the other was injured by broken glass. Six of the victims were transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where four of them were pronounced dead, police said Tuesday.Īuthorities added that they had no indications that any of the victims were specifically targeted.Īmong those fired upon was a mother who was driving her twin children back to their house. Outlaw said investigators did not believe there were additional suspects or an ongoing threat to the community. Police eventually cornered the alleged shooter in an alley, where authorities said he was taken into custody without incident.
While some officers continued caring for the injured, others ran toward the gunfire and began chasing the suspect, who allegedly fired at them. When officers arrived on scene, they found multiple gunshot victims and had started tending to them when they heard more gunshots ring out. Monday evening for a person with a gun and an active shooter situation in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities said. Gunfire erupted on the eve of the Fourth of July "On what was supposed to be a beautiful summer evening, this armed and armored individual wreaked havoc, firing with a rifle at their victims - seemingly at random."Ī prayer vigil was planned for Wednesday evening at the Salt & Light ministry for those impacted by the shooting. "What happened last night in our Kingsessing neighborhood was unimaginably disgusting and horrifying," Outlaw said. Outlaw condemned the violence that rocked Southwest Philadelphia just hours ahead of the holiday. On Tuesday, city leaders including police commissioner Danielle M. He was also found with a 9mm handgun, which was an untraceable "ghost" gun, Assistant District Attorney Bob Wainwright added.Īfter speaking with some of the people who lived with Carriker, investigators said they learned that he recently had been exhibiting strange behavior, though they didn't elaborate. Krasner said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference that the attack was "essentially a random shooting" and that the suspect did not know the victims.Ĭarriker allegedly wore body armor and a ski mask and used an AR-15-style rifle during the shooting. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was apprehended by police shortly after the attack and is currently being held without bail, a spokesperson for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said. Police work the scene of a July 3 shooting in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia.Ī Philadelphia man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and other crimes for allegedly carrying out a shooting spree in the city on Monday that left five people dead and two others injured by gunfire, including a toddler.
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