2 arrested in 2022 Kensington mass shooting that injured 9: 'Zero regard for anyone'

KENSINGTON - Two people, including a juvenile, are in custody in connection to a 2022 mass shooting that erupted in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, officials said Thursday.

Michael Smith-Davis, 25, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and other offenses related to the Nov. 5 2022, shooting on the 800 block of East Allegheny Avenue that injured nine people between the ages of 23-49.

The victims were rushed to Temple University Hospital, where five were listed in stable condition and four were deemed critical.

Michael Smith-Davis has been charged for his part in a mass shooting in Kensington that injured nine people.

Investigators collected 40 pieces of ballistic evidence at the crime scene, and originally thought the gunfire may have been a retaliatory shooting.

"These young men turned that location into a war zone and shot nine people in the back, in the side, in the legs, wherever they could, with zero regard for anyone," Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said.

Officials said Thursday an arrest warrant was issued for the second suspect, who is in custody on an unrelated charge. Police are not releasing that person’s name, since that person is a juvenile and has not officially been charged in the November 2022 shooting.

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