Teen killed in South Philly shooting as surveillance video shows residents running for cover
Gunshots in deadly South Philly ambush shooting heard on home's security camera
The sound of deadly gunfire that claimed the life of an 18-year-old man was captured on a nearby home's surveillance camera. Police say the victim was ambushed while walking down the street by three shooters who exited an SUV. Police believe the trio of shooters continued firing at the victim after he fell to the ground.
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say an 18-year-old was killed when he was ambushed by a trio of gunmen on a Philadelphia street Wednesday night.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 900 block of South 17th Street around 7 p.m. for reports of gunfire.
Police found 18-year-old Sadiq Dove with several gunshot wounds throughout his body and brought him to Penn Presbyterian Hospital, where he died.
Inspector D.F. Pace told reporters at the crime scene the victim was walking down the street when he was ambushed by a group of gunmen who exited a gray Dodge SUV.
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One of the gunmen was armed with what police described as a "high-powered rifle" and the other two shooters used handguns.
Police believe the shooters continued firing at the victim after he fell to the ground. They jumped back in the SUV and fled the scene before police arrived, Pace said.
Authorities are investigating the possibility that a shooting incident on the 1700 block of Napa Street where a home shot at six times is related.
No arrests have been made in either incident, but police say they are searching for four suspects who fled the scene in a gray vehicle believed to be a Dodge Durango with black rims and tinted windows.