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Suspect, 40, arraigned on murder charges in Philadelphia mass shooting that killed 5

A 40-year-old accused of killing a man in a house and then gunning down four others “seemingly at random” on the streets of a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood before surrendering to police officers has been arraigned on murder and other charges

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023

The killer in one of Philadelphia’s deadliest mass shootings evidently fired randomly, police say

Officials, investigators, and stunned residents of a Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood that has experienced far more than its share of violence were left to spend one of Philadelphia’s signature celebratory weekends making sense of one of the deadliest mass shootings in the city’s history.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 5, 2023

After a mass shooting in Kingsessing, the streets are quiet: ‘People scared, people on edge’

On a day when Philadelphians would normally be celebrating, a corner of the city was quiet.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 5, 2023