The gun violence was not just in the city, but also in the suburbs.
A violent weekend in the Philadelphia area resulted in several shootings that left many people injured, including two small children.A violent weekend in the Philadelphia area resulted in several shootings that left many people injured, including two small children.Nearly a dozen people were shot in three different shootings across multiple neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Police discovered on Sunday that another victim was injured in a case where five people were shot on Ringgold Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood.The victims ranged in age from 4 years old to 58 years old. Authorities believe there were at least two shooters involved and three of the victims were innocent bystanders, including the young child, who was shot in the chest while playing outside.
"I heard people screaming, I looked out the window and saw one of the guys on the ground. He was saying he got hit," said Monica Green, a neighborhood resident.She says the ongoing violence in the city is deeply unsettling.Just a few hours later, police say three people were shot outside on the 600 block of Franklin Place in the city's Poplar area.A 25-year-old man was shot in the stomach, a 22-year-old woman was shot in her right leg, and a 31-year-old man was shot in his leg.
"The child was shot once, the adult male was shot several times," said Detective Sergeant Michael J. Keenan, with the Lower Merion Police Department."It appears to be something that happened during a custody exchange this morning, the person alleged to have done the shooting is in police custody," said Keenan.It's something Keenan says is not typical for the area.
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