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Police: 3 killed, 6 wounded in ‘exchange of gunfire’ during gathering in Philadelphia; no arrests
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three men were killed and six other people wounded in an early morning shootout during a gathering in west Philadelphia. Police said more than 100 people were present in the Carroll Park neighborhood when gunfire broke out just after 2 a.m. Sunday. Police said their preliminary information indicated “an exchange of gunfire between multiple parties.” Police said a 33-year-old man who died at the scene appeared to have been targeted, and two other men aged 23 and 29 were pronounced dead at a hospital. A 26-year-old woman and five men ranging in age between 27 and 30 were listed in stable condition. No arrests were immediately reported.
Ex-Philadelphia police officer sentenced to at least 8 years in shooting death of 12-year-old boy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fired Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to at least eight years in prison in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy. Edsaul Mendoza said in court Monday that he felt sorrow and regret just before he was sentenced to 8 to 20 years. Mendoza pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in April in the shooting of Thomas “T.J.” Siderio in March 2022. Prosecutors said the 12-year-old boy was on the ground and unarmed when Mendoza fired the fatal shot. Police said the youth had first fired a shot at an unmarked police car, injuring one of four plainclothes officers inside.
Man sentenced in prison break and fatal brawl among soccer fans outside cheesesteak shop
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man convicted of helping two other men escape prison while he was in custody for a fatal brawl among soccer fans in Philadelphia has been sentenced in both cases. Court documents indicate 36-year-old Jose Flores-Huerta was sentenced Thursday to 11 1/2 months to 23 months for aiding the May 2023 escape from the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center. Flores-Huerta and another man also were sentenced to similar terms in the fatal brawl outside Pat’s King of Steaks restaurant in September 2021. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the two expressed remorse through an interpreter.
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