5 Wounded in Shooting at Gathering of Young People

5 Wounded in Shooting at Gathering of Young People
A police officer with a rifle monitors activity while responding to a shooting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 14, 2019. Mark Makela/Getty Images
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PHILADELPHIA—Gunfire at a gathering of more than 200 mostly young people in north Philadelphia wounded five people, including a 16-year-old, as police said officers came under fire in one of a number of shootings across the city during another violent weekend.

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said officers already in the area in anticipation of another event nearby saw what appeared to be a muzzle flash just after 11:30 p.m. Saturday and heard a “boom.” Almost simultaneously, she said, they heard gunshots from a different type of weapon.