A Philadelphia man who was killed in a capturing Saturday evening was struck by about 70 bullets outdoors a house, based on an area report.
Shots rang out simply earlier than midnight within the 3400 block of North 16 Street within the metropolis’s Tioga neighborhood, Philadelphia police stated.
Officers responding to a report of an individual with a gun discovered the 25-year-old sufferer with a number of gunshot wounds to his physique.
The sufferer, later recognized as Dhalsim Jackson-Mayes, was rushed to Temple University Hospital, the place he was pronounced dead, based on police.
The sufferer suffered greater than 70 gunshot wounds whereas standing on the entrance porch of a house, FOX29 Philadelphia reported.
Police stated no arrests have been made, and no weapon was recovered on the scene. A motive for the capturing is below investigation.
As of Sunday, public police statistics present there have been 84 homicides within the metropolis year-to-date – down 17% in comparison with final yr’s 101 homicides throughout the identical interval. There had been 516 reported homicides in 2022.



Citywide shooting incidents year-to-date stood at 571 as of Sunday, whereas there have been 294 capturing victims – each statistics down about 25% throughout the identical time from the earlier yr, based on the information.