3 people shot near park in Philadelphia neighborhood

According to police, there was a large gathering at 33rd and Reed streets.

Sunday, July 23, 2023
3 people shot near park in Philadelphia neighborhood
3 people shot near park in Philadelphia neighborhood

PHILADLEPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are looking for two suspects who they say shot three people in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood.

Officials say it happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday near a park.

According to police, there was a large gathering at 33rd and Reed streets.

Police say a 28-year-old man was shot once in the hip, he was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in stable condition.

The 32-year-old woman with special needs was shot twice in the stomach, she was also transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in stable condition.

A 35-year-old man was also shot once in each thigh.

Officers say he was also transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and placed in stable condition.

Police are not sure if the two men shot were targeted, but stated that the woman was just a bystander.

Officers are now trying to gather surveillance video in hopes of catching the shooters.

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