Five people were taken into custody after the shooting at the Philadelphia Masjid April 10th. Four of those individuals are juveniles and are all being charged as adults.
Investigators in Philadelphia released new details Friday into a shooting at an end of Ramadan celebration earlier this month that injured three people.District Attorney Larry Kranser along with Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel and Mayor Cherelle Parker led a news conference at the Philadelphia Masjid on the 4700 block of Wyalusing Avenue where the shooting erupted on Apr. 10.Five people were taken into custody in connection with the shooting and, of the five, four are juveniles.
Five people were later taken into custody, including a 15-year-old boy who sustained leg and shoulder wounds when he was shot by police and was taken to the hospital by an officer, authorities said. Police said he was carrying a gun.A 22-year-old man who was shot in the stomach was also taken to the hospital by police and placed in stable condition. A 15-year-old who authorities say was hit in the ring finger was brought to the hospital by members of Philadelphia's fire department.
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