Two of the five people killed in an apparently random shooting in Philadelphia on Monday night were remembered by their families as a man who would try to help anyone he could and a lovable teenager who died trying to get his wounded friend aid.
in Philadelphia on Monday night were remembered by their families as a man who would try to help anyone he could and a lovable teenager who died trying to get his wounded friend aid.
Two people — a 13-year-old boy and a 2-year-old boy — were shot in the legs and were listed as stable. The 2-year-old’s twin brother had injuries to an eye from shattered glass after the attacker shot a vehicle they were in with their mother. And a 33-year-old woman was also injured by glass, police said.
Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Ernest Ransom said the suspect shot “aimlessly at occupied vehicles and individuals on the street as they walked.”This article will be updated as we learn more about the victims.Merritt was shot in the neighborhood he called home Monday, a family member said. "He was just going to the store to get his dinner for the night," she said."He lived three or four doors down from where he was found. He grew up here."
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