Police are searching for suspects after a man was killed and a woman was critically injured in a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia on Sunday night, police said.
The shooting occurred at the 2100 block of Knorr Avenue at around 8 p.m., police said, when a silver or grey Honda pulled up alongside a tow truck and shot at the man and woman inside.
Police believe there were possibly two shooters, and that the man was getting out of the tow truck to buy something when the shooting occurred.
“It looks like two persons opened fire on that truck on the passenger side of that truck, striking both occupants,” said Philadelphia Police Inspector DF Pace.
It is not entirely clear what the man was heading toward, but the truck was parked outside Smokers World, police said.
The man has only been identified as someone who was 25 years old, and the woman is 21 years old.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was shot multiple times and is now at the hospital in critical condition, police said.
According to police, there are around 15 to 20 spent shell casings at the scene, with at least two of the shots going through a window for the senior living center on the second floor of the building the truck parked in front of.
“There were multiple people inside when those bullets came through those windows,” Pace said. “Fortunately, no one on that floor was injured.”
Police are still looking for the suspects and have not determined a motive, but they believe at least one of the people shot was targeted.
“Clearly, one or both of those individuals inside that vehicle were being targeted by the shooters,” Pace said.
This is a developing story; check back for more updates.