Philadelphia police sit on the scene of fatal shooting with multiple victims early Tuesday morning May 27, 2025. The shooting took place late Monday night, Lemon Hill, Fairmount Park. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Rob Tornoe Published May 27, 2025, 6:36 a.m. ET

Two people were killed and nine others wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia late Monday night in the waning hours of Memorial Day.

“Rapid gunfire” erupted on Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park around 10:30 p.m., according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel . Two adults — a man and a woman — were killed. Three teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 were among those wounded.

The shooting sent people in the crowd running for their lives. Amid the chaos, at least one car crash occurr

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