Three men driving around on Monday night ended with one of them dead and two others hurt in an apparent drive-by shooting in Philadelphia.
Police rushed to North Marshall Street and Girard Avenue -- on the edge of the Northern Liberties neighborhood -- just before 11 p.m. Monday to find a running Honda Civic with at least 15 bullet holes in it, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
"A friend of the victims came from a nearby property and took two of the three to the hospital in a white Cadillac Escalade," Philadelphia police said.
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Police then escorted the Escalade to a local emergency room where 21-year-old Jael Bravo, of the Frankford neighborhood, died a short time later from several gunshot wounds, investigators said. The other man was listed in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his chest and torso.
A third man who was shot in his leg was found bleeding on the sidewalk and was transported by officers to the hospital, police said. He was listed in stable condition.
Surveillance video captured the shooting, investigators said.
It appeared all three men were sitting in Bravo's parked Honda when a dark-colored SUV pulled up next to the driver's side of the car and at least one person fire from the passenger side, police said. After the shooting, the SUV driver sped off down Marshall Street.
"Clearly someone was firing a semi-automatic gun in very close proximity to the vehicle," Small said.
Investigators later found a dark-colored SUV in South Philadelphia that could be connected to the shooting.
No arrests were immediately made.
Another deadly shooting took place overnight as police found 28-year-old Keith Roberson, of Penllyn, at about 2:30 a.m. on the 3000 block of 16th Street.
According to police, he was pronounced dead on the scene after he had been shot in the face, body and right hand.
Anyone with info on the homicides was asked to contact Philadelphia police.
Entering Tuesday, at least 86 homicides were reported in Philadelphia in 2023, according to police data. That's down about 16% from the same time last year, but still on pace to be one of the deadliest years on record.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
