Multiple Shooters Open Fire in Philadelphia’s Packed Nightlife Area

One of Philadelphia’s top night-life areas turned into a scene of terror late Saturday when at least three died after gunfire broke out involving multiple shooters. At least 11 were wounded. According to The…

IJR SyndicatedJun 5, 20223 min read

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The wounded were taken to Pennsylvania Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, the Inquirer reported.

At least one witness told reporters the shooting made him think of other recent mass shootings where the number of dead was in the double digits. Considering the location where the shooting broke out, the carnage Saturday night could have been much worse.

“You can imagine there were hundreds of individuals enjoying South Street, as they do every single weekend, when this shooting broke out,” police spokesman D.F. Pace Pace said, according to the Inquirer.

Witnesses described a scene of terror and mayhem.

“It was chaos,” Eric Walsh, an employee O’Neals Pub on Third Street, told the Inquirer.

“People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and skinned elbows. We literally just were balling up napkins and wetting them and handing them to people… it was chaos.”

Another witness agreed.

“Once it started I didn’t think it was going to stop,” a man identified as 23-year-old Joe Smith, told the Inquirer.

He said he immediately thought of the recent shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. It was unknown Sunday morning if the Philadelphia shootings were similar attacks, where random individuals end up targeted, or something else.

“There was guttural screaming,” Smith said. “I just heard screams.”

Police recovered two semi-automatic handguns from the shooting scene, Pace said, according to the Inquirer.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.