THREE people have died while 11 have been injured after several gunmen opened fire into a crowd, according to reports.
Gunfire erupted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania just before midnight on Saturday.
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Cops rushed to the scene and said they saw several shooters firing into a crowd of people on South Street, WPVI reports.
Two women and a man died after being shot several times.
Seven victims were taken to the Thomas Jefferson in the city where one was pronounced dead by medics.
Four people are said to be in a stable condition, a hospital spokesperson told ABC News.
And, three other victims were taken to the Presbyterian Medical Center where one was pronounced dead.
Cops haven’t released the identity of any potential suspects.
One shooter reportedly fled the scene, according to police.
An officer shot at one gunman from around 10-15 yards away while shots were being fired into the crowd, sources told the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Witness Joe Smith told the Inquirer: “Once it started I didn’t think it was going to stop.
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“Here was guttural screaming. I just heard screams.”
While, Eric Walsh, who was closing an O’Neal’s bar when the shooting erupted, told the outlet: “People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and elbows.
“We literally just were balling up napkins and wetting them and handing them to people.”
Walsh said the scene was “chaos”.
Footage shared online showed dozens of police officers at the scene.
And, there appeared to be a trail of blood “snaking along a sidewalk” in front of a Rita’s Ice shop, Philadelphia Inquirer journalist Max Marin revealed.
|nspector D.F Pace said: “You can imagine there were hundreds of individuals just enjoying South Street, as they do every single weekend, when this shooting broke out.”
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