Four killed, four injured in shooting in Philadelphia as suspect wearing ballistic vest is arrested 

Four people are dead and four more are injured, including two juveniles, after a mass shooting in Philadelphia Monday night, as a man wearing a ballistic vest has been taken into custody. 

A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed there were ‘multiple gunshot victims’ but said no further details were immediately available. 

Officers got a call about a male armed with a rifle in the Kingsessing section of the city at around 8:30 p.m., according to the Inquirer.

Philadelphia police were dispatched to 56th Street and Chester Avenue, where they found several victims. 

Police spokesperson Jasmine Reilly told the network six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 

The conditions of the two juveniles shot were not immediately known. 

Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a ballistic vest was brought into custody nearby. The police did not fire any shots themselves.

Four people are dead and four more are injured, including two juveniles, after a mass shooting in Philadelphia Monday night, as a man wearing a ballistic vest has been taken into custody

The conditions of the two juveniles shot were not immediately known. 

Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a ballistic vest was brought into custody nearby. The police did not fire any shots themselves.

They also found a rifle and handgun in an alleyway a short distance from the shooting. 

Police are still investigating the shooting. 

Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Monday night in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media outlets reported, citing police.

The shooting came a day after two people were shot dead and 28 others injured, about half of them children, in a hail of gunfire at an outdoor neighborhood block party in Baltimore, Maryland.

This is a developing story. 

A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed there were ‘multiple gunshot victims’ but said no further details were immediately available

Officers got a call about a male armed with a rifle in the Kingsessing section of the city at around 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia police were dispatched to 56th Street and Chester Avenue, where they found several victims

Police spokesperson Jasmine Reilly told the network six victims were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and two were taken to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Shortly after the shooting, a suspect wearing a ballistic vest was brought into custody nearby. The police did not fire any shots themselves