More than 50 shots were fired on a residential street in Philadelphia's Brewerytown section late on Tuesday night, wounding an 18-year-old woman and leaving investigators with a street full of shell casings, no arrests and no named suspects, police and local outlets reported.
Source: NBC10 Philadelphia
The shooting happened on the 1500 block of North Stillman Street in North Philadelphia. Police responded just after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10, after a report of gunshots, according to the Philadelphia Police Department account carried by NBC10; FOX 29 reported officers were called to the block at around 10 p.m.
Source: NBC10 Philadelphia; FOX 29 via True News compilation
What officers found on North Stillman Street
When officers arrived, they found the 18-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her arm. FOX 29 reported she was bleeding heavily when police reached her. She was rushed to Temple Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, according to both NBC10 and FOX 29.
Source: FOX 29 Philadelphia via True News; NBC10
Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters at the scene that investigators collected more than 50 spent shell casings from the block, from weapons of two different calibres, according to FOX 29. NBC10, citing police, reported the casings included both rifle and pistol rounds. A volume of fire that large on a single residential block — and casings from at least two calibres — is the central physical evidence detectives now have to work with, alongside any camera footage and witness accounts from the rowhouses lining the street.
Source: FOX 29 Philadelphia via True News; NBC10
6abc Action News reported that two gunmen fired the more than 50 shots in the Brewerytown section. Police have not publicly confirmed how many shooters they believe were involved, and none of the reporting reviewed attributes a motive to the attack.
Source: 6abc Action News, headline via True News compilation
What police have not said
Police did not provide a description of any suspects, and they said it is also unclear whether the wounded woman was the intended target of the shooting, NBC10 reported. No arrests had been reported in the immediate aftermath, and police have not publicly said what may have led to the gunfire or whether anyone else was struck.
Source: NBC10 Philadelphia; FOX 29
What is solid
- Gunfire on the 1500 block of North Stillman Street, Brewerytown, late Tuesday night, Nov. 10
- An 18-year-old woman was shot in the arm and taken to Temple Hospital in stable condition
- More than 50 spent casings, from at least two calibres including rifle and pistol rounds, were recovered
What is only claimed
- The exact time police were called — NBC10 says just after 10:30 p.m.; FOX 29 reported a call at around 10 p.m.
- Whether there were two gunmen, as 6abc reported, or a different number of shooters — police have not confirmed
- Whether the wounded woman was the intended target — police say this is unclear
A residential block, and the questions that follow
Brewerytown is a residential North Philadelphia neighbourhood of brick rowhouses, and North Stillman Street is a home-lined block, not a commercial strip — which is why a burst of more than 50 rounds there matters beyond the single injury reported. Rifle and pistol casings spread across a block of front doors mean every home on the street was within range, and detectives' first task is to establish who was being shot at and from where, before the trail of video and witnesses goes cold.
For readers in the Punjabi diaspora with family in the Philadelphia area — one of the East Coast's long-established Punjabi communities, with gurdwaras and trucking and small-business families across the city and its suburbs — the case is a reminder that police are still at the information-gathering stage, and that the details circulating on social media have not been confirmed by investigators.
Anyone with information about the North Stillman Street shooting is urged to contact the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-TIPS (8477), or submit a tip anonymously online, NBC10 reported.
What happens next rests with the investigation: detectives must match the recovered casings to weapons, review any surveillance video from the block and interview residents who were home when the shooting began shortly after 10:30 p.m. Until police name a suspect or announce an arrest, the motive — and whether the 18-year-old in Temple Hospital was the target or a bystander — remains officially unanswered.
Source: NBC10 Philadelphia