Philadelphia police stand on the intersection of 56th Street and Kingsessing Avenue after a number of folks have been shot in Southwest Philadelphia, late Monday, July 3, 2023.

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Philadelphia police stand on the intersection of 56th Street and Kingsessing Avenue after a number of folks have been shot in Southwest Philadelphia, late Monday, July 3, 2023.

Yong Kim/AP

Four folks have been killed and at the least two others injured Monday night time when a gunman carrying a bulletproof vest opened hearth in a Philadelphia neighborhood, police stated.

The useless victims, not instantly recognized, have been male and ranged in age from 20 to 59, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw stated at a Monday night time information briefing. Two of the injured included a 2-year-old and a 13-year-old. The capturing passed off within the Kingsessing neighborhood in southwest Philadelphia, in line with police.

One suspect was taken into custody, Outlaw stated. The suspect was carrying a bulletproof vest, with a number of magazines within the vest, Outlaw stated, including that the suspect additionally had a scanner, an “AR-style rifle” and a handgun.

“Horrified by reports of a shooting in Southwest Philadelphia,” Mayor Jim Kenney said over Twitter.

Outlaw stated the crime scene was a two-by-four-block space that had 50 spent shell casings. Police have been nonetheless in search of a motive, she added.

“There are several scenes out here,” Outlaw stated. “We’re canvassing the area to get as much as we can, to identify witnesses, to identify where cameras are located and do everything we can to figure out the why behind this happening.”

Monday’s violence got here a day after a shooting took place at a holiday block party in Baltimore that killed two and wounded 28 others.

At least 339 mass shootings have taken place within the U.S. to this point this yr, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive defines a mass capturing as one the place at the least 4 persons are shot, not together with the shooter.