Kristopher Minners, was identified as one of the victims by a local teachers’ union. Alexis Quinn and Gregory Jackson, seen here in photos posted on social media, were later identified by police.
PHILADELPHIA – Authorities have identified three people who were killed when gunfire erupted on a popular Philadelphia street Saturday night.
Around 11:30 p.m. on June 4, police say officers were patrolling nearby when they heard multiple gunshots coming from the 400 block of South Street.
Officers responded as hundreds of people who had gathered in the area fled the gunfire.
When the shooting stopped, first responders began tending to the wounded. In total, 14 people had been hit by shots.
Three of them later died in nearby hospitals.
Kristopher Minners, 22, was later identified by the Philadelphia-Pennsylvania American Federation of Teachers as one of the victims who did not survive the shooting. They say Minners was a second-degree resident advisor at Girard College in Philadelphia.
Alexis Quinn, 27, was pronounced dead at Jefferson Hospital shortly before midnight.
Gregory Jackson, 34, succumbed to his injuries at Presbyterian Hospital shortly after the shooting. Following the news of his passing, he was remembered on social media as a member of the city’s skating and boxing communities.
Shooting erupts on South Street leaving 3 dead, 11 others shot
Philadelphia police have released new details about what may have sparked Saturday night’s incident on South Street that left two men and a woman dead.
As police continue to investigate, they pointed to a specific video that surfaced on social media in the hours after the shooting that showed a fight involving at least three people.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw claimed 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 fire, according to Outlaw, and both were hit.
The video shows two people approaching a third away from the crowd, when a man in a white shirt appears to pull out a firearm.
“They were both tied up,” viewers can be heard saying in the video.
A brief fight ensues between the trio before shots ring out and the person recording apparently drops his phone to take cover.
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Law enforcement sources told FOX 29 that the man in the white shirt was among the three people killed in the shooting.
Outlaw said Sunday that the rest of the victims appeared to be innocent bystanders.
The 11 people who suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds were between the ages of 17 and 69. Of those 11, a 23-year-old man was the only one to suffer multiple gunshot wounds. He was listed in critical condition.
A 49-year-old woman was also injured by shattered glass.
Police said responding officers found several of the victims lying on the sidewalk when they arrived at the scene.
An officer shot a suspect multiple times after seeing him continue to fire into the crowd. Police believe the suspect was injured by officers, but he fled the scene on foot.
In all, police say a total of five firearms were fired at the scene, not including the officer’s. Spent shell casings were found on several blocks of South Street.
Two firearms used in the shooting were recovered at the scene.
South Street is known as an entertainment corridor that sees a lot of foot and vehicular traffic as customers flock to the many eating and drinking establishments and other businesses in the area.
Police estimated that hundreds of people had gathered in that area on Saturday night, before the shooting.
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