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Teenager dead, 4 injured in shooting at Philadelphia's Fairmount Park

A teenager was killed and at least four others were injured in a shooting at a party in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park Friday night, authorities said.

The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. near 33rd Street and Ridge Avenue, according to PhillyVoice.

Officers were trying to enforce the curfew and disperse a crowd of about 100 teenagers and young adults at a pop-up party when shots rang out, police said.

The teens ran in different directions, but at least five of them were hit by bullets, NBC Philadelphia reported.

Police initially found two injured teenagers and took them to Temple University Hospital.

One of the victims, a 17-year-old girl, hit in the chest and right shoulder, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The other, an 18-year-old girl, was shot in the right leg. She is said to be in stable condition.

Authorities later found three more victims. A 14-year-old boy, hit in the abdomen, and two 15-year-old boys, both hit in the left leg. All three are listed as stable.

Eleven shell casings were found at the scene, but no weapons were recovered, according to police.

The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

“We don’t know what motivated this shooting. What motivated him [or] If any of these five victims were targeted,” Detective DF Pace told NBC Philadelphia. “We just don’t have that information yet.” It is still too early in the investigation.

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