Two brothers shot dead outside East Mount Airy home
Two brothers in their early 20s were shot dead outside their East Mount Airy home Thursday night during a fight with a group of men, according to police.
Homicide Capt. James Clark said that one of the brothers was fighting with the group on the 300 block of East Upsal Street just before 11 p.m. when the other brother came out of his house to intervene. Clark did not identify either brother, but said they were ages 23 and 24.
As the fight raged on, Clark said, one of the men in the scuffle “pulled out a gun and shot both of [the brothers].”
The other men fled, and Clark said that detectives were searching Friday morning for surveillance videos or witnesses that could help identify potential suspects. Police did not recover a weapon at the scene. Clark said at least two men were involved in the fight but declined to say how many were in the group.
The killing was one of two murders in Philadelphia overnight. In the other, an employee at a Swampoodle bar was gunned down during a robbery.
Including those two incidents, the city had recorded 41 total homicide victims since the beginning of the year, according to police. Last year at this time, 27 people had been slain.
Tipsters for any murder can call the homicide unit at 215-686-3334. There is a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in any homicide case.
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