Overview
- Keon Kiah, 17, turned himself in Thursday and faces multiple charges including aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the shooting outside Christy Recreation Center.
- Police released footage showing four young men approaching and fleeing the scene and are asking the public to help identify the three individuals still at large.
- The attack followed an earlier fight at the center and left five victims: a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl with graze wounds in stable condition, two 16-year-olds (one in critical condition) and a 32-year-old staff member.
- The incident underscores the vulnerability of community recreation spaces to youth gun violence even as Philadelphia records its lowest homicide count in over 50 years.
- The Parks and Recreation Department confirmed plans to install five additional cameras at Christy Recreation Center after Mayor Cherelle Parker called for strengthened security measures.