Three people were killed after more than a dozen were injured in a shooting Saturday night in Philadelphia, officials said.
Emergency personnel responded around midnight in the area near the intersection of Third and South Streets, Philadelphia police said.
“There were hundreds of people just enjoying South Street, as they do every weekend when the shooting broke out,” Inspector DF Pace told reporters.
Police arrived on the scene and saw a man shooting at a crowd of people, which led a police officer to shoot three times, police said.
Police found two pistols at the scene, including one with an extended magazine, but did not arrest them, Pace said.
Police say at least 14 people have been shot dead. Earlier, authorities said 13 people were injured.
Seven victims were transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with gunshot wounds, a hospital spokesman said. One is dead on arrival and four others are in stable condition, the hospital said.
Police said other victims were transported to two additional district hospitals.
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