Philadelphia Police Department Superintendent DF Pace said the victims were shot near Kensington and Allegheny avenues, adding that there are likely more victims than the original nine. Two were in critical condition and seven were stable, Deputy Police Commissioner John Stanford said. The shooting happened around 10:45 p.m. outside a bar in the area, Pace said. The gunmen got out of a black vehicle and opened fire on a crowd on the sidewalk before getting back into the vehicle and fleeing, Stanford said. Philadelphia police say at least 9 people were shot near Kensington & Allegheny in the city’s Kensington neighborhood around 10:45 a.m. Police say several people got out of a black car and started shooting into a crowd. 7 shooting victims are stable, 2 in critical condition. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/TfbHWFjLvw — Brian Sheehan (@BSheehanTV) November 6, 2022 There were police officers in the area who heard the shots, he noted. “Our men and women are where they’re supposed to be in the sense that they’re out here patrolling, but we’ve got some brazen individuals in this town who don’t care. They don’t care how many cops are out here and some of them don’t care how many people are out here,” said Deputy Constable. Police did not immediately make an arrest, nor could they immediately determine a motive. NBC10 spoke with state Rep. Amen Brown, a Democrat who represents West Philadelphia, who said he got a call “from the chief” and got out of bed to get to the scene of the shooting. Brown blamed the city’s gun violence on Mayor Jim Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office and “weak city council members.” “Innocent women and children are dying every day and this has to stop,” Brown said, adding that solutions will only be found with lawmakers working across party lines. As of Saturday night, PPD had recorded at least 447 homicides in the city. At least 417 of those murders were committed with guns, according to the city auditor’s office tally, which was last updated on Nov. 3. This is a developing story and will be updated.
