A teenager and two adults were hurt in a shooting in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night, according to police.
The shooting happened just after 9 p.m. on April 29, 2025, in the area of Stanley and Tasker streets in the Grays Ferry neighborhood, according to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
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Officers heard shots fired in the area and when they got to the scene they found three people suffering from gunshot wounds, Small explained.
An 18-year-old man was shot in his arm and leg, a 24-year-old was shot in his back and neck and a 28-year-old was shot in his hip, police said. All three were taken to a nearby hospital and were placed in stable condition.
Officers also found a total of 22 spent shell casings at the scene that appeared to be from two different semi-automatic weapons, Small said. Two parked vehicles were also hit in the gunfire.
The area is mostly residential and investigators found private surveillance cameras that will be reviewed as part of the investigation, Small said.
No arrests were made and the motive remained unclear Wednesday morning.
A violent night in Philadelphia
At least eight people were shot in four separate shootings — including this one — in Philadelphia Tuesday night.
The other shootings included one in West Philadelphia where a man was killed, a “very brazen shooting” at a Frankford playground where a teen was hurt and a triple shooting drive-by in North Philadelphia, police said.
Entering Wednesday, at least 62 people had been killed in Philadelphia, according to police data. The year-to-date homicide total is down nearly 29% from last year and the lowest since at least 2008.
