Police investigate the scene in the 1500 block of Etting Street after thirteen people were shot just before 1 a.m. on July 7. Read more Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer

by Emily Bloch Published Sept. 19, 2025, 12:34 p.m. ET

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murder and related crimes in connection with the mass shooting in Grays Ferry that left three people dead and 10 others wounded, police said Friday.

Brandon Fischer was taken into custody Friday morning, after police detectives and SWAT officers searched a Grays Ferry home blocks away from the scene of the July shooting on the 1500 block of South Etting Street.

Fischer’s arrest is the latest in the shooting, in which police say 13 people fired guns during a block party attended by more than 100 people. Jiha

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