4 dead, 2 wounded in Philadelphia shooting

A shooting incident occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the evening of the 3rd, killing 4 adults and injuring 2 minors.

According to the CNN report, the local police said that the shooting happened in a block in southwest Philadelphia. The victims were all men and they did not know each other before the incident. The two injured were 2 years old. and 13, who were taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Police have detained a suspect and detained a person who returned fire in the direction of the suspect, the report said. Police said the suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest with a rifle and pistol, which contained a police communication receiver and multiple magazines. About 50 bullet casings were scattered at the scene of the shooting. The suspect’s motive for the crime is still unclear.

The “New York Times” said that earlier media reports that the shooting resulted in 4 deaths and 4 injuries, after the police verified that the number of injured has been updated from 4 to 2. That night, organizations such as the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers issued a statement calling on government officials to take action on gun reform.

Recently, there have been frequent mass shootings in the United States. On July 2, a shooting occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, killing at least two people and injuring 28 others. According to statistics from the US “Gun Violence File” website, there have been 340 mass shootings in the US this year that resulted in at least 4 casualties, and more than 21,000 people died in various gun-related incidents.