WATCH LIVE: Philadelphia police are providing an update after a mass shooting on South Street left 3 people dead and at least 12 others injured
Editor’s note: Philadelphia police are holding a 2 p.m. press conference to provide updates regarding this deadly mass shooting. You can watch the full press conference in the video player above and streaming on CBS News Philly.
PHILADELPHIA — A mass shooting on Philadelphia’s South Street leaves three people dead and 12 others injured. Police say patrol officers in the area heard numerous gunshots coming from the 200 block of South Street just before midnight Saturday.Mayor Jim Kenney, South Street Neighbors React To Mass Shooting: 'Horrendous, Brazen, And Despicable Act Of Gun Violence'Insp.
“He was within 10 to 15 yards of the shooter watching this person shoot into the crowd when the officer engaged that shooter and as a result of that brave officer, that individual, again we’re uncertain if he was struck or not, but the officer was able to get that individual to drop his gun and flee,” Insp. D F Pace said.
*Alert* Emergency personnel are responding to a shooting incident in the area of 3rd and South Streets. Several people have been injured. Please avoid the area.CBS3 has learned the shooting victims are being treated at various hospitals across the city including, Temple and Jefferson Hospitals and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
Three of the victims, two men, ages 22 and 34, and a 26-year-old woman, were pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. The extent of the injuries to the other 12 people injured is unclear at this time.
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