Police in Philadelphia said four men were killed and two boys were injured in a shooting Monday night that spanned multiple blocks in the city’s Kingsessing area.
July 4 Police in Philadelphia said four men were killed and two boys were injured in a shooting Monday night that spanned multiple blocks in the city’s Kingsessing area.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw told reporters during a press conference that the crime scene encompasses a two-by-four-block area in which some 50 spent shell cases have been found.
She said the suspect, described only as a Black man approximately 40 years old, was taken into custody after being cornered by police in an alley. He was wearing a bulletproof vest that contained multiple magazines and was armed with an AR-style rifle, a handgun and a scanner.
A second person was also taken into custody.
