Police gathered Monday night at a shooting scene in southwestern Philadelphia.
(CNN) — Four people were killed and two minors – ages 2 and 13 – were injured in a shooting Monday evening in southwestern Philadelphia, police said.
Two people are in custody, including a primary suspect and someone suspected of returning fire in a shooting that spanned several blocks in or around the Kingsessing neighborhood, police said at a news conference.
The primary suspect had an AR-style rifle, a handgun, a bulletproof vest, multiple ammunition magazines in the vest, and a scanner when he was apprehended, police said.
Three of the four killed ranged in age from 20 to 59, police said. The age of the fourth wasn’t immediately available.
Investigators don’t immediately know what led to the shooting, police said.
Earlier, police said eight people had been injured.
At least 339 mass shootings have happened in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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