Overview

• A noise complaint prompted officers to arrive on a South Philadelphia street minutes before rival gangs exchanged more than one hundred gunshots.
• The firefight resulted in three fatalities, including two minors, and left ten people wounded.
• Police marked victim locations, recovered numerous shell casings and confirmed the involvement of multiple shooters.
• Investigators are probing whether the anonymous noise complaint directly led to the gang confrontation.
• The incident adds to a recent surge in Philadelphia gun violence that claimed six lives and injured thirty-five others earlier this week.