Officials have identified three people who were killed by gunfire that erupted on South Street late Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered on the bustling street.
Around 11:30 p.m. June 4, police say officers on patrol near when they heard several gunshots coming from the 400 block of South Street. When the shooting stopped, first responders began tending to the wounded. In all, 14 people had been struck by gunfire.who did not survive the shooting. They say Minners was a second-grade resident advisor at Girard College in Philadelphia.Gregory Jackson, 34, succumbed to his injuries at Presbyterian Hospital a short time after the shooting.
As police continue to investigate, they pointed to a specific video that had surfaced on social media in the hours after the shooting that showed a fight involving at least three people. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw asserted that one of the deceased male victims may have been involved in that fight, which she says may have been the 'genesis' of the shooting. Two men involved in the fight exchanged gunfire, according to Outlaw, and both were struck.
The video shows two people approaching a third individual away from the crowd, when a man in a white shirt appears to pull out a firearm.A brief fight ensues between the trio before gunfire rings out and the person recording seemingly drops their phone to take cover.
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