Partygoers cower in horror 1am shooting
In footage captured by a Ring doorbell camera, partygoers are seen squirming around on the floor of a tiled porch, ducking and weaving to avoid the gunfire a mere arms length above them.
Others are seen running for their lives down the street, ducking behind cars for safety.
A man, dressed in all black and wearing a backpack, is seen moving up the stairs of the neighbouring porch and ducks, before peeking back out to the road to shoot.
Two men leap from the huddle of people hiding to join in, firing in the same direction.
Three men – aged 19, 23 and 24 – died at the 1500 block of South Etting Street in Grays Ferry just after 1am on Monday morning.
It is not known what triggered the shooting, with a neighbour telling the Philadelphia Inquirer the gathering quickly grew in numbers and got out of hand.
'This is coward stuff,' Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told reporters.
'Just individuals just shooting randomly into houses, into cars, children out here.
'This is coward, wannabe thug stuff.'
Police had already responded to the same block late Saturday into early Sunday and some arrests were made, the commissioner said.
Commissioner Bethel said evidence indicated nearly 140 shots were fired.
'Reports of around 40 individuals may be out here, but those numbers can surge particularly when you're on a block of this size,' he said.
'People go in, they go out, they see the police officers, they back in, clearly there was something on the block.'
Another 13 people were reportedly injured, including a 19-year-old who was hit twice in the head and remains in a critical condition at the University of Pennsylvania hospital.
A 15-year-old girl and two 17-year-old boys were also injured.
One person with a weapon has been taken into custody, police confirmed.
It is unknown at this stage if they were involved.
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