Two men were killed and two others were injured in a shooting overnight in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood, police said.
According to police, the shooting happened shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 21, near North 5th and Westmoreland streets.
Two men died from their injuries and two other men are hospitalized and are expected to survive, police said.
Police shared that the shooting may have been connected to the grand opening of a new lounge on the street.
“Upon arrival, they had a large crowd out there with two victims shot,” said Philadelphia Police Captain Timothy Stephan. “It’s a pretty large crime scene we have a lot of digital evidence, some cell phones, multiple FCC’s (fired cartridge cases), I think we’re up to about 13 to 16 FCC’s. we have live rounds on location and we have multiple projectiles all over the highway.”
Police said te motive for the shooting remains unknown, and no arrests have been made at this time.
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