Shooting at Graduation Party Leaves 1 Dead, 7 Injured

Shooting at Graduation Party Leaves 1 Dead, 7 Injured
A stock photo of police tape (Larry W. Smith/Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA—Authorities in Philadelphia say one person has been killed and at least seven others wounded in a shooting at a graduation party.

KYW-TV reports the shooting happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, near South 70th Street and Reed Bird Place.

Authorities say four teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 suffered gunshot wounds to their legs.

Four adults in their 20s were shot in various parts of their body.

One of the adults was pronounced dead at a hospital, said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross.

Hours after the shooting, the crime scene looked like a trashed party with garbage strewn about, chairs overturned and several party items left behind in a field.

There was no crime scene tape and it looked as though the party-goers had just gotten up and left instead of fleeing from gunfire.

Graduation Party Shooting
Eight people were shot, one fatally, at a graduation party in Philadelphia on June 16, 2019. (Lauren Delvalle/CNN)

Around 60 people were at the party when shots rang out, Ross said.

Ross says it’s not clear how many shooters were involved and a motive for the shooting is not yet known.

Police have made no arrests and are searching for the gunmen who opened fire at the graduation party.

The attack was one of several homicides amid a rash of gunfire around the city this past weekend.

The shooting is currently under investigation.

Rash of Gunfire Around the City

Authorities say a woman was shot and killed inside a north Philadelphia deli, one of two homicides amid a rash of gunfire around the city that also wounded a number of other people.

Police say the 40-year-old employee was struck in the head after a gunman fired from the entrance of CBM Deli at about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15.

In Northwest Philadelphia, a 24-year-old man was shot multiple times shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday in the Germantown neighborhood and died minutes later.

WPVI-TV reported that officers found nearly 40 shell casings and the man was hit 18 times.

Police reported nine shootings Saturday that wounded 10 people. Four more shootings before dawn Sunday killed the man and wounded four other people, three of them critically.

The CNN Wire contributed to this article.

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