Open Modal
  • Home
  • Shows
    • Weekdays
    • Weekends
    • Weekend Program Schedule
  • Events
  • Podcasts
    • Catholic Cemeteries Association
    • The Talk Of Connecticut
  • Contests
    • Contests
    • Contest Rules
    • Contest Rules- Patriot Bucks
  • More
    • Contact Us
MENU
  • Home
  • Shows
    • Weekdays
    • Weekends
    • Weekend Program Schedule
  • Events
  • Podcasts
    • Catholic Cemeteries Association
    • The Talk Of Connecticut
  • Contests
    • Contests
    • Contest Rules
    • Contest Rules- Patriot Bucks
  • More
    • Contact Us

1 killed, 8 injured after shooting at Philadelphia block party

August 21, 2023 Staff
  • News Daypop
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Reddit
  • +1
  • Pocket
  • LinkedIn
shutterstock_305465255222569

Nine people were shot after multiple gunmen opened fire on a crowd at a block party in West Philadelphia on Saturday, killing one person and wounding eight others.

The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the city’s Parkside neighborhood, in the 500 block of N. Creighton Street, with at least 38 shots fired into the crowd. Philadelphia Police Captain Anthony Mirabella Jr. said: “Emergency 911 received numerous calls about a shooting on the highway with numerous victims and numerous gunshots in the area,” adding that many residents were at the block party when the gunfire rang out.

Two victims were rushed to the hospital by police, two others were taken by ambulance, and one of the victims was dropped off by a private vehicle at Penn Presbyterian Hospital. Police say two additional victims arrived at the same hospital about an hour later, and another two teenage victims arrived at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia later on Saturday afternoon. The victims include a 19-year-old man who was killed; the injured include two 17-year-old females, two 20-year-old women, two 21-year-old women, a 47-year-old man, and a 51-year-old woman.

Authorities said Saturday’s attack is being investigated although no suspects or motives have been identified, and no arrests have been made. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement: “Shootings are down by more than 20% compared to this time last year, but we know that we must continue to work together to stop violence and save lives.”

Editorial credit: George Sheldon / Shutterstock.com

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes:

<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

Previous Story
Veteran linebacker Myles Jack to retire after 7 seasons in the NFL
Next Story
Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in northern Baja California

Site

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
  • Streaming Help
  • EEO Report
  • WMMW Public File
  • WDRC Public File
  • WSNG Public File

Info

  • VIP Club
  • Contests
  • Events

News

  • Community Calendar
  • Podcasts
WDRC-AM – Bloomfield, CT © 2025 Powered by OneCMS™ | Served by InterTech Media LLC
Are you still listening?
3628718342
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
f583eb9dff7fe3861902a2f311fa16b01c57bf30
1
Loading...