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Philadelphia announces pedestrian and vehicular traffic restrictions after mass shooting

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The Metropolis of Philadelphia has introduced some restrictions following Saturday night time’s lethal mass capturing on South Road.

Based on officers, there might be no pedestrian or vehicular site visitors between Entrance & sixth Streets from Bainbridge to Lombard as a result of “patterns of current violence within the space and ongoing security issues.”

The order is in impact from 8 p.m. Sunday till 6 a.m. Monday.

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Exceptions to those restrictions are the next: residents of the relevant space, homeowners of actual property within the relevant space and staff, licensed medical personnel, members of the media, and regulation enforcement authorities.

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The capturing occurred round 11:30 p.m. Saturday.

Authorities say officers assigned to the 200 block of South Road heard the preliminary gunfire and rapidly responded. Upon arrival, officers discovered a number of gunshot victims and an unknown man firing right into a crowd of individuals, mentioned Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw throughout a Sunday afternoon briefing.

SEE ALSO: What we learn about victims killed in South Road mass capturing

One officer pulled out his weapon and fired a number of instances within the course of the gunman. Police say the gunman fled, nevertheless it’s believed he was hit by the officer’s gunfire.

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Three folks had been killed within the shootout and 11 others had been injured.

No arrests have been made within the capturing.

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