Partygoers cower in horror 1am shooting

Partygoers as young as 15 were hit during the chaotic standoff that left three people dead and 13 injured.

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July 9, 2025 - 12:59PM

A block party in central Philadelphia quickly turned fatal after a mass shooting broke out between attendees.

In footage captured by a Ring doorbell camera, partygoers are seen squirming around on the floor of a tiled porch, ducking and weaving to avoid the gunfire a mere arms length above them.

Others are seen running for their lives down the street, ducking behind cars for safety.

Partygoers are seen huddling on the porch of a home, as bullets fly overhead. Picture: Supplied

A man, dressed in all black and wearing a backpack, is seen moving up the stairs of the neighbouring porch and ducks, before peeking back out to the road to shoot.

Two men leap from the huddle of people hiding to join in, firing in the same direction.

Three men – aged 19, 23 and 24 – died at the 1500 block of South Etting Street in Grays Ferry just after 1am on Monday morning.

It is not known what triggered the shooting, with a neighbour telling the Philadelphia Inquirer the gathering quickly grew in numbers and got out of hand.

Crime scene evidence markers line a street in Philadelphia after an overnight shooting, early Monday, July 7, 2025. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

“This is coward stuff,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told reporters.

“Just individuals just shooting randomly into houses, into cars, children out here.

“This is coward, wannabe thug stuff.”

Police had already responded to the same block late Saturday into early Sunday and some arrests were made, the commissioner said.

Commissioner Bethel said evidence indicated nearly 140 shots were fired.

Police investigate the scene in of an overnight shooting on Monday, July 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Police investigate the scene of an overnight shooting in Philadelphia, Monday, July 7, 2025. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

“Reports of around 40 individuals may be out here, but those numbers can surge particularly when you’re on a block of this size,” he said.

“People go in, they go out, they see the police officers, they back in, clearly there was something on the block.”

Another 13 people were reportedly injured, including a 19-year-old who was hit twice in the head and remains in a critical condition at the University of Pennsylvania hospital.