17 People Wounded, Including 6 Kids, In 2 Shootings In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A gunman opens fire in broad daylight, injuring several bystanders, including children.
It's the second mass shooting within days in Philadelphia.
On Saturday, 10 people were hit by bullets in Mantua. The latest shooting happened yesterday in Kensington. In all, 17 people were wounded in these shootings, including six children.
The Monday shooting happened on the 700 block of East Hilton Street.
Surveillance video shows children playing in a hydrant being whisked away from the scene as gunfire breaks out. Seconds later, two men appear to walk into the gunfire, then one of them is struck by a bullet and falls to the ground.
Neighbors lamented another shooting where kids were caught in the crossfire.
"We heard something, but we thought it was fireworks. When we come over here, we see blood," says a man who witnessed the shooting.
"I was in my truck, I was driving north…and I saw the people got shot," says Orlando Garcia, who added that he then called police. "I told them they better hurry up, there's a couple people on the ground."
The shooter got away, but the shotgun believed to have been used in the crime was recovered at the scene.
Seven people were injured, three of them children. Two of the victims, a 25-year-old male and 24-year-old male, were in critical condition at last check. The children are reportedly in stable condition and range in age from three to 10.
"It just makes absolutely no sense," says Commissioner Ramsey. "But I think, again, it just reinforces what we've been saying, some of these guys just don't care. They just do not care."
Monday's shooting echoes one at a Mantua block party on Saturday. That shooter also fled and appears to have used a shotgun.
Police are looking for a black male suspect who is about 5'7" with a stocky build. He's believed to be between 25 and 30 years old and was wearing a red/white tank top and a black handkerchief on his face.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
