One dead and 7 injured at graduation party in Philadelphia

One dead and 7 injured at graduation party in Philadelphia

By Loata Bakalevu
Tuesday 18/06/2019
One person was killed and 7 other people were shot at a graduation party [Photo:CNN]

Police in the US are searching for a gunman who opened fire at a graduation party in Philadelphia.

CNN reports one person was killed and seven others were injured in the shooting.

Around 60 people were at the party when shots rang out.

Four of the victims were teens between the age of 15 to 17 who suffered gunshot wounds to their legs.

An adult victim died of their injuries while three other adult victims in their twenties suffered various wounds to different parts of their bodies.

[Source:CNN]

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