A gunfight erupted at a Philadelphia block party over the weekend, leaving a 19-year-old man dead and eight other people wounded.
at a Philadelphia block party over the weekend, leaving a teenager dead and eight other people injured, according to police.
The 19-year-old man fatally shot in the incident was hit multiple times by gunfire, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 5:40 a.m. Saturday, according to police. The victim's name is being withheld by police pending an autopsy, authorities said. Shootings incidents in Philadelphia are down about 24% this year compared to this time in 2022, according to the latest weekly crime data report released by the police department on Aug. 14. The statistics show that the number of homicides is also down this year by about 28% compared to the 339 homicides that had occurred by this time in 2022.
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