{"id":131260,"date":"2021-07-06T06:08:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T06:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=131260"},"modified":"2021-07-06T06:08:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T06:08:03","slug":"philadelphia-cookout-shooting-leaves-2-dead-well-over-100-shots-fired-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/philadelphia-cookout-shooting-leaves-2-dead-well-over-100-shots-fired-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia cookout shooting leaves 2 dead; well over 100 shots fired: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A triple shooting at a cookout in Philadelphia on Sunday evening left at least two people dead, and a teenage girl injured, according to reports. <\/p>\n
Well over 100 shots were fired during the shooting, which took place around 10:30 p.m. in West Philadelphia. Local television reports indicated that police had to create handwritten evidence markers at the scene due to the number of fragments and casings. <\/p>\n
Two men, ages 21 and 23, were killed in the gunfire A 16-year-old girl was also shot and her condition is unknown at this time, FOX 29 of Philadelphia reported. Police have yet to release a suspect or motive in the case. <\/p>\n
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\n Local television reports indicated that police had to create handwritten evidence markers at the scene due to the number of fragments and casings.\u00a0 The 21-year-old victim was identified as Salahaldin Mahmoud, the first cousin of State Sen. Sharif Street’s wife, according to a news release from his office Monday afternoon, reports said. Mahmoud died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to police. <\/p>\n The 23-year-old victim was identified as Sircarr Johnson Jr., the owner of Premiere Bande, a clothing store in West Philadelphia. He was shot several times in his torso.<\/p>\n His father, Sircarr Johnson Sr., said he witnessed the shooting and held Johnson Jr. in his arms as he passed away. <\/p>\n “How the bullet don\u2019t hit me? How it don\u2019t hit me?” wondered Johnson Sr., who was dressed in an outfit designed by his son Monday. <\/p>\n “They loved my son,” he added, according to FOX 29. “He is ten times better than the person I was.”<\/p>\n On Sunday, Johnson Jr. posted a flyer to his Instagram account, announcing a Fourth of July anniversary cookout to celebrate “another year of success.”<\/p>\n “4th of July Anniversary Cookout!! Everything free starts at 6:00,” the post read.<\/p>\n Police said that no guns were recovered at the scene. <\/p>\n The three victims were among the 20 people shot in Philadelphia between 1:53 a.m. Sunday and 4:25 a.m. Monday, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. <\/p>\n
\n (Fox 29 of Philadelphia)<\/span><\/p>\n