Incident

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5-12-2021 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 4-0

Location

May 12, 2021

5500 block of Kingsessing Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Raheem Edwards
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 23
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 29
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Victim stops crime
Defensive Use - Shots fired, no injury/death
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)

Notes

Fired shots at memorial service. Man fired shots back but did not strike suspect.

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Unknown

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://6abc.com/kingsessing-avenue-shooting-philadelphia-today-philly/10621539/

URL: https://www.fox29.com/news/kingsessing-shooting-leaves-1-dead-3-others-injured-police-say

URL: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-shoots-at-least-3-people-in-southwest-philadelphia/2812204/

URL: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-shoots-at-least-3-people-in-southwest-philadelphia/2812204/

URL: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/05/12/man-killed-southwest-philadelphia-quadruple-shooting/

URL: https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/gunman-opens-fire-at-memorial-site-killing-man-wounding-3/

URL: https://www.phillyunsolvedmurders.com/cases/unsolved-murders-archive/unsolved-murders-2021/1638-raheem-edwards-dc-21-12-032297

District

Congressional District: 5
State Senate District: 8
State House District: 191