Three women, ages 59, 24 and 18, were taken to a hospital and are in stable condition, Philadelphia police said, and the unborn baby is healthy.
Three teenage boys, two 18-year-olds and one 17-year-old, were also shot, police said. They are also in stable condition after going to hospitals in private cars.
“Just this past weekend, the City launched the Group Violence Intervention Strategy to target the small group of people who are carrying out the gun violence that plagued the city, and to send a clear message that the shootings must stop,” said Dave Kinchen, spokesman for Philadelphia’s Office of Violence Prevention, in a statement Friday.
“We are devastated by the senseless act of gun violence that happened last night at 38th and Poplar,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said in a statement Saturday. “These acts of lawlessness have no place in our communities; and I remain adamant that we will hold accountable individuals who seek to harm the city.”
No arrests have been made, and no weapons have been recovered, according to police.
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