Philadelphia police said they arrested five juveniles Sunday evening after hearing gunshots in a Center City area often busy with shoppers and tourists.
Officers on duty in the area of 10th and Market Streets around 5:45 p.m. heard several shots and ran toward them, ultimately apprehending a juvenile male at Ninth and Chestnut who dropped a bag containing a gun, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced on Twitter. Officers stopped another juvenile male in the area and found a second gun with an extended magazine, Outlaw said.
Police said they also found five fired cartridge casings in the rear alley of the Robert N.C. Nix Sr. Federal Building and Courthouse, located on the southwest corner of Ninth and Market Streets, and four casings on the north side of Market Street at that intersection.building a new arenaNo injuries were reported. Outlaw said five juveniles were arrested. She lauded her officers’ work on Twitter and vowed intolerance for violence.
“Those who take part in violent behavior will be apprehended; our residents and visitors will not be intimidated, and ours officers will not be deterred,” she tweeted.
that’s the issue when the states allows everyone to own a gun..