Police found a fifth victim in a southwest Philadelphia shooting, hours after a heavily armed gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on Monday evening, the police said.
The fifth victim was found in a house near the shootings; there were casings that matched the other shootings, according to a police spokesperson.
The dead were all men between the ages of 20 and 59, the police said.
Two children, aged 2 and 13, were also hospitalized and were stable, they said.
A male suspect was taken into custody by the police just before 8:40 p.m., the authorities said, adding that they had recovered a semiautomatic rifle, a handgun and another gun in the alleyway behind the 1600 block of South Frazier Street.
Organizations:
South Frazier
Locations:
Philadelphia, South