Security guard arrested in Philly mass shooting on July 4th weekend
Security guard arrested in Philly mass shooting on July 4th weekend
Philadelphia Police announced they have arrested a person in connection with the mass shooting on July 5th at a South Philly bar.
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police announced they have arrested a person in connection with the mass shooting on July 5th at a South Philly bar.
What we know:
Philadelphia Police say that an arrest has been made in connection with the July 5th mass shooting at a South Philly bar.
They announced that 43-year-old Michael Welton, a man who worked as a security guard at the restaurant and bar, turned himself in to authorities.
Welton is being charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other related offenses.
Police say they are still searching for two other shooters.
Philadelphia mass shooting leaves 8 people hurt
Eight people were hurt when gunfire broke out at a bar and lounge in South Philadelphia shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday morning.
The backstory:
Police say they received a report of a shooting just before 4 a.m. Saturday morning, July 5th, on the 1100 block of South 11th Street at the 7 Elements bar and lounge.
Officers arrived on scene to find three people suffering from gunshot wounds. Those three were rushed to local hospitals. Two of those victims were listed in critical condition, including a security guard who was shot in the face and a woman who was shot in the back. Officials later upgraded their conditions as stable.
A short time later, police say five more people checked themselves into area hospitals. Police had originally reported a total of 11 people were hurt in the shooting, but have since updated that number to eight.
"The crime scene consists of multiple spent shell casings both on the upper for where the restaurant bar is located, and there are also additional shell casings on a stairway that leads from the upper floor to the bottom floor, more shell casings on the parking lot below," Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace said that morning.
Officials said a preliminary investigation revealed that an argument took place outside of the establishment and knives were pulled. When security on the property tried to get involved, gunshots went off on the balcony and people at the club began to run off.