Man, 24, shot to death in ambush shooting outside Philadelphia home: police
Man shot to death in ambush shooting outside Philly home
A 24-year-old man died at the hospital after being shot multiple times by three people in what police describe as a targeted attack late Wednesday on the 4000 block of Gilham Street in the Mayfair neighborhood.
PHILADELPHIA - A 24-year-old man is dead after police say he was ambushed by at least three gunmen outside a home in Mayfair on Wednesday night.
What we know:
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to a property on the 4000 block of Gilham Street around 11 p.m. for reports of a shooting.
A 24-year-old man was found on the front lawn of a home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the back and torso. He was rushed by police to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital where he died just before midnight.
The backstory:
Man, 24, shot to death in ambush shooting outside Philadelphia home
A 24-year-old man is dead after police say at least three gunman waited for him outside a property in Philadelphia's Mayfair neighborhood.
Police believe the shooters waited in a dark-colored vehicle parked behind the property for about half an hour for the victim to arrive.
Chief Inspector Scott Small said the victim arrived carrying a pizza box and began walking up the steps to the property when the shooters opened fire. Video surveillance shows two shooters firing from the sidewalk, and one walking up the vicitm on the lawn.
"Multiple shell casings were on the front lawn a few feet and a few inches from where the victim was laying, so clearly the shooters walked right up to this victim as he was going up the steps and fired multiple shots," Small told reporters.
The shooters returned to their car after the shooting and speed off before police arrived.
What they're saying:
A woman from the block, who did not want to go on camera, told FOX 29 this is normally a quiet street and said it sounded like fireworks.
Arthur Howell, a homeowner next door to the scene, described how close the gunfire came to his home. "It could have come in sitting on our chair or couch. It didn’t get in that far, I have a closed in porch, and they were hitting the wall inside there," said Howell.
Howell said he was not home at the time, but his granddaughter was upstairs when bullets hit the property.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and are asking anyone with information to contact the city’s Homicide Unit.
What we don't know:
The identity of the victim has not been released by police.
No arrests have been reported and police have not shared descriptions of the three suspects.