What to Know
- Two people were killed and at least nine others -- including several teenagers -- were injured in a mass shooting at Philadelphia's Fairmount Park on Memorial Day, police said.
- Investigators said there was a large gathering of young people near Lemon Hill Drive and Sedgley Drive around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025, when shots were fired by at least three gunmen.
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said officers heard rapid gunfire and a total of 11 people were struck by gunfire along Lemon Hill.
- 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers and 23-year-old Amya Devlin were killed in the shooting while the nine other victims -- ages 15 to 28 -- were listed in stable condition at local hospitals, police said.
- “There are no excuses for this,” an emotional Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said late Tuesday morning. “This is a heinous act of violence that was inhumane. No regard for life.”
- Lemon Hill was blocked off through Tuesday morning as police investigated, taping off parts of the area near the mansion and a picnic pavilion.
- No arrests have been made in the shooting. Authorities said they found evidence of at least 21 shots being fired from three separate guns.
Two people were killed and at least nine others -- including six teens -- were hurt in a mass shooting of "rapid" gunfire on Lemon Hill in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025, police said.
The shooting -- described by Mayor Cherelle Parker as a "heinous act of violence" -- took place just before 10:30 p.m. while Philadelphia police were monitoring the park, officials said.
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