Video Captures Moments Gunmen Open Fire From Car, Killing 17-Year-Old

Philadelphia police and SWAT team members surrounded a Kensington garage on Thursday night after a shootout nearby left a 17-year-old boy dead, authorities said.

The teen was riding a small motorcycle on the 3400 block of Palethorp Street around 8 p.m. when he was shot multiple times, according to Philadelphia Police Inspector D F Pace. Officers heard two gunmen involved may have barricaded themselves in a garage on Palethorp, and subsequently called in the SWAT team.

SkyForce10 was over the scene shortly before 10 p.m. as SWAT members cut the garage’s steel doors.

Police did not find anyone inside, Pace said. However, there was evidence that someone may have been in there and left in a hurry. Investigators believe the suspects may have exited into an adjoining property, so police made the entire 3400 block of Palethorp a part of the crime scene, according to Pace.

Investigators found more than 80 bullet casings, said Pace, and two weapons, including an AK-47 and five magazines.

Surveillance video from a nearby home captured part of the shooting. The video shows what appear to be three gunmen firing from a car that's driving down the street. Another car follows closely behind, but it's unclear if the gunmen were firing at the second car or at somebody behind the vehicle. It's also unclear if anyone in the second vehicle fires back.

As the first car slowly makes its way down the street, a gunman appears to be firing out a rear window. The car briefly stops, at which point the driver opens the door and begins shooting while another person steps out from the passenger side and continues firing from the sidewalk.

The driver gets back in and continues down the street as a passenger continues to shoot. The vehicle, closely followed by the second car, slows down to let back in the gunman who had gotten out, before driving off. At least one more shot is heard after that.

Out of frame, people are heard screaming and crying.

The 17-year-old victim had been rushed by police to Temple University Hospital where he died minutes later, police said.

Pace told NBC10 no arrests were made.

At least 183 children have been shot so far in 2022, making up around 10% of the total gunshot victims in Philadelphia, according to data from the city controller's office.

Entering Friday, at least 414 people have been killed in Philadelphia so far in 2022, according to Philadelphia police data. That's down about 3% from last year, which was the deadliest on record.