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Fully automatic gun used in deadly Memorial Day mass shooting in Philadelphia park: Police
Two people are dead, and nine others have been injured in a Memorial Day mass shooting in Philadelphia, authorities said.
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Philadelphia police increase patrols for weekend events after Fairmount Park mass shooting
In the wake of a mass shooting on Memorial Day evening in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia police are deploying additional ...
Philadelphia police beef up security for 2025 Roots Picnic, days after Fairmount Park mass shooting
Philadelphia police are beefing up security at the Roots Picnic after a mass shooting​ in the same area that left two people ...
Police say 5 guns used in Memorial Day's mass shooting in Fairmount Park
Police in Philadelphia report that investigators now believe there were five guns used in the mass shooting that left 2 dead, ...
Two dead, nine wounded in ‘heinous’ Memorial Day shooting in Philly’s Fairmount Park
"This was war-time ammunition that was just opened on Philadelphians and those here in our city," Mayor Cherelle L. Parker ...
Philadelphia City Council president on mass shooting at Fairmount Park: "It is totally unacceptable"
Philadelphia City Council President Kenyatta Johnson says the city needs to find out ways to address gun violence after the ...
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Students get behind-the-scenes tour of the Root Picnic ahead of annual event in Philadelphia
The annual two-day concert runs Saturday and Sunday at The Mann in Fairmount Park. From sound checks to lighting, students from Overbrook High School and the School of the Future -- who aspire to work ...
2026 World Cup won’t use FDR Park fields for practice
The decision, made without fanfare last fall, was driven by FIFA’s preference for consistency and new scheduling demands — it ...