Graduation party turns to terror as 4 people shot, including 2 children: officials

4 injured at party in North Philly

New details emerge after a shooting at a North Philadelphia graduation party, leaving four people, including two children, in critical condition.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating a quadruple shooting that happened at a graduation party outside of a North Philadelphia home. Two of the victims are children and all four victims are in critical condition.

4 people shot at graduation party, including 2 children

A graduation party turned into a crime scene when a shooter aimed a weapon and fired, hitting two siblings, their mother and a 45-year-old man, leaving them in critical condition.

What we know:

Philadelphia police officials say a 13-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, believed to be siblings, along with an adult man and the children's 36-year-old mom were all shot while at an outside graduation party at a North Philadelphia home.

Police responded to numerous 911 calls about the shooting on the 2300 block of North Lambert Street around 9:30 Thursday night.

The four were rushed to Temple University Hospital and all four are listed in critical condition.

The boy sustained gunshot wounds to his arm, leg and abdomen, while the girl was shot in the abdomen. Their mom was shot in the back and the man was shot twice in the arm.

Timeline:

Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said surveillance video displayed the events in real time. Video shows individuals attending an outside graduation party when a shooter got off at least 10 rounds from a position at the intersection of Dauphin and Lambert.

The male shooter was last seen on surveillance running on foot eastbound on Dauphin.

The shooter was wearing all black or dark clothing and light-colored, or possibly white, sneakers.

What they're saying:

The woman hosting the party for her son who just graduated high school spoke with FOX 29. She asked that her face not be shown and spoke about the terrifying scene, "There was innocent people. They were just coming to celebrate with us - my son, who was graduating. This was innocent people. They weren’t even on the block. They never made it in to the house, actually."

Jimmy Greene spoke of his father, who was one of the four shot, "I was away from here playing basketball and all I heard that my dad got shot."

He knows it could have been much worse. He says, thankfully, his dad made it through surgery. He was equally worried about the children and their mother. "I just pray for them, the family. It’s sad," he said.

He added, "It’s not a good thing. These guns should be, like, taken away from people. It’s not good at all."

The hostess of the party remarked, "It’s a wicked world we’re living in, these days and times. They’re just horrible."

The quadruple shooting follows on the heels of a double shooting in Hunting Park, in which a man and a woman in a car were shot, leaving the man with critical injuries.

What we don't know:

Chief Inspector Small said no motive is known for the shooting. They are hoping additional surveillance will provide more angles which could provide more clues into the shooting. The search for the suspect is ongoing.