2 killed, 9 injured in Memorial Day shooting at Philadelphia park
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Philadelphia: A shooting at a Philadelphia park killed two people and injured nine others, three of whom were teenagers, according to authorities.
A man and a woman were killed in the Monday night shooting in Fairmount Park, according to police Commissioner Kevin Bethel during a Tuesday briefing. Those injured in the Memorial Day incident were classified in stable condition, he stated.
Police identified those killed as Amya Devlin, 23, and Mikhail Bowers, 21, AP reported.
The wounded include a 15-year-old boy and two girls, ages 16 and 17, police said. The other injured people, four women and two men, range in age from 18 to 28.
The shooting occurred despite officers' presence in the park, Bethel said.
“We try to manage the crowds as they unfold, but at the same token, it is a challenge when individuals decide that they're going to fire into a crowd,” Bethel said.
Police said no arrests had been made.
Police had not yet recovered any weapons, the commissioner said. Investigators don't yet know if there was more than one weapon involved, Bethel said, but he noted that there was rapid fire in videos posted on social media.
With PTI inputs
