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kali9/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) A suspect clad in a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle and multiple rounds of ammunition opened fire in Philadelphia late Monday, killing at least five people and wounding two children, authorities said. The youngest of the deceased victims was only 15 years old.
An unidentified 40-year-old was apprehended by officers at a rear alley of Frazier Street following a brief chase on Monday night, authorities said. The suspect was arrested and is awaiting arraignment, the police and Philadelphia district attorney s office said Tuesday.
The victims, who were shot multiple times, were later identified by police as Lashyd Merritt, 20; Dymir Stanton, 29; Ralph Moralis, 59; Daujan Brown, 15; and Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31.
"Some of the responding officers promptly tended to the wounded and got them to hospitals," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a news conference Tuesday.
Two unidentified children, who were being driven by the