Two men died from their injuries after gunmen fired more than 30 shots in Philadelphia’s Kensington section Wednesday night, police said.
A 37-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were outside a store on the 3300 block of H Street around 8 p.m. Police say one of the men lived on the block while the second worked inside the store and was a relative of the owner.
As the two men stood there, a tan or gold Chevrolet Uplander pulled up near them. Two gunmen, one armed with an assault rifle, the other armed with a handgun, hopped out of the vehicle and opened fire, police said.
Both victims were struck as the gunmen fired more than 30 shots before fleeing the scene. The victims died from their injuries.
The suspect who fired the assault rifle was wearing a black Adidas hoodie, police said. The second suspect was wearing a grey hoodie.
"The bottom line is that these are two violent, violent people who didn't care about what they did tonight on the street," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said. "Took two lives, unnecessarily. And they need to pay for what they did."
If you have any information on the shooting, please call Philadelphia Police.
