Police officers responded to multiple 911 calls and four people were rushed to the hospital after a shooting near the Widener University campus in Pennsylvania
23:54 ET, 17 Jun 2026Updated 01:16 ET, 18 Jun 2026
Authorities responded to multiple 911 calls
Multiple people were reportedly shot in Chester, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night, police said. The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. local time on Providence Avenue near Uno Pizzeria and Grill near the Widener University campus.
Four people were taken to the hospital after the incident, 6ABC Action News reports. Investigators said that police had been called to the area after receiving multiple 911 reports of shots being fired.
Authorities have not confirmed if any of the victims were struck by gunfire, but did share that four people were transported to area hospitals with unknown injuries. According to Channel 2, officers that arrived at the scene found “several victims suffering from gunshot wounds” and immediately requested additional support to the scene.
Police offers blocked off roads to investigate near Widener University
Law enforcement officers were at the scene late into the evening, the outlet reported. They were seen collecting evidence, interviewing eyewitnesses, and working to find more information about the circumstances surrounding the incident. The victims included a female who sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body and a 17-year-old male who was reportedly struck in the chest.
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A social media user shared a map of the area with an update that read, “UNITS ON SCENE REQUESTING EMS FOR FOUR VICTIMS SHOT AT THE UNO PIZZERIA & GRILL. ONE FEMALE SHOT IN THE UPPER BODY AND ONE 17-YEAR-OLD MALE SHOT TO THE CHEST.” However, the information provided wasn’t verified.
Police investigated the scene after reports of a shooting
Earlier this week, a 67-year-old woman was shot twice while visiting a home in Chester. The shooting occurred at 3:30 p.m. on Monday along the 100 block of West 22nd Street. Action News reported that that two cars “with people hanging out the sunroofs” were firing at each other in broad daylight. The woman was shot in the hand and leg and is expected to survive.
NBC reports that in late May, there were two shootings “within hours of each other” in Chester. When officers arrived at a scene on May 27, they found “they found shell casings scattered across the street and sidewalk near the basketball court.” Further investigation found bullet holes in a white SUV and victim Dallas Womack, 25, who later died at the hospital. A day prior, two victims were shot in the head near West 9th Street and Pennell Street.
“It brings a depressed state to this city when we have young men being killed in the street,” Chester Police Commissioner Katrina Blackwell said said after the string of violence.
“It has our heads spinning. I’m telling you,” Chester Mayor Stefan Roots noted. “This is not normal and it will not continue to happen.”
Roots mentioned that last year, there were no homicides and that the current situation is not normal. The city credits its Operation Chester Safe Summer initiative with helping to lower crime rates.
“Last summer, June through August, there were zero gun-related homicides,” Roots said.