Philly, Pennsylvania (BN24) – Three people were killed and 10 others were wounded in a shooting early Monday that erupted on a residential block in South Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry neighborhood, according to authorities.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said the violence broke out just before 1 a.m. along South Taney Street, leaving the neighborhood littered with shell casings. All three of the people killed were adults, and among the wounded were two juveniles, Bethel told reporters at the scene.
“We have numerous rounds that were shot on the block,” Bethel said, calling the gunfire “coward, want-to-be-thugs stuff” that tore through a community already reeling from a string of recent shootings.
Police said one person armed with a weapon was taken into custody. Investigators have not identified the suspect or described what might have led to the shooting.
The block had already drawn police attention in the previous 24 hours, Bethel noted. Officers had responded to the same area between Saturday night and early Sunday and made several arrests during that incident, though officials did not say whether those arrests were related to Monday’s gunfire.
The shooting unfolded amid a holiday weekend marked by gun violence in Philadelphia and around the country. Just days earlier, at least eight people were shot outside a nightclub in South Philadelphia, authorities said.
Police were continuing to process the scene Monday morning, combing the street for evidence and working to notify families of the deceased.
