4 people killed and 2 children injured in Philadelphia shooting, police say

Four people were killed and two minors – ages 2 and 13 – were injured in a shooting Monday evening in southwestern Philadelphia, police said.A suspect was apprehended with an AR-style rifle, a handgun, a bulletproof vest, multiple ammunition magazines in the vest, and a scanner after the shooting that spanned several blocks in or around the Kingsessing neighborhood, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw said.A second person – who may have picked up someone’s gun and returned fire – also was in custody, Outlaw said.Three of the four killed ranged in age from 20 to 59, police said. The age of the fourth wasn’t immediately available. Outlaw described the conditions of the wounded children as stable.Investigators don’t immediately know what led to the shooting, police said. About 50 spent shell casings litter the shooting scenes, Outlaw said.Video below: Man arrested after Philadelphia shooting was wearing bulletproof vest, police sayEarlier, police said eight people had been injured. The shooting occurred a day after gunfire erupted at a holiday weekend block party in Baltimore, about 100 miles to the southwest, killing two people and wounding 28 others. The wounded in that shooting ranged in age from 13 to 32, with more than half of them minors, according to officials.The Philadelphia violence marks the country’s 29th mass killing in 2023, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.So far this year, the nation has witnessed the highest number on record of mass killings and deaths to this point in a single year.There have been more than 550 mass killing incidents since 2006, according to the database, in which at least 2,900 people have died and at least 2,000 people have been injured.The Associated Press contributed to this report.