'In a country where you have some 300 million people and 500 million guns, it went from fists to bullets very, very quickly,” District Attorney Larry Krasner said.
Philadelphia Police Inspector D. F. Pace looks over evidence at the scene of the shooting on South Street that left three dead and 11 wounded, Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA — When two teen friends in matching sweatshirts heard gunfire up ahead in a crowd of people on South Street in Philadelphia on Saturday night, each pulled out his own weapon and started firing at random, officials said Thursday.
“We have what started out as an unfair fistfight — two people attacking one person. In a country where you have some 300 million people and 500 million guns, it went from fists to bullets very, very quickly,” Krasner said.both face murder charges The gunfire began a block or two up ahead on South Street — a gathering spot for young crowds for a half century, packed with restaurants, bars and stores — when three men began fighting and two exchanged gunfire, firing 17 bullets in all.first, striking a man who fired back and killed him. That man remains hospitalized in critical condition. Krasner does not intend to charge him, deeming the fatal gunfire self-defense.
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