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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Weve already had one person killed and three others shot, Homicide Unit Capt. James Clark said during a news conference Friday. Quite frankly, we could have a lot more killed.
In the first shooting, surveillance video shows two men walking near the corner of 7th and Venango streets shortly after 10:30 p.m. April 6. Another man, wielding what police say is an AK-47 rifle, runs up to the pair and opens fire, hitting both men. Tyrone Rosser, 36, was shot several times and later died at Temple University Hospital, Clark said. The second victim, a 42-year-old man, was treated for a gunshot wound to the leg and released.
Police said they recovered 22 high-caliber casings at the scene, and the shooter can be seen wildly continuing to fire the gun as he runs west on Venango Street and north on 8th Street.
As hes running away, hes sort of just firing in the air, so hes a very dangerous person, Clark said. We have to get him off the street as quickly as possible.
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