4 killed, 4 injured in U.S. mass shooting

Four people were killed and four others injured Monday night in a mass shooting in Philadelphia, the United States, local media reported.

A suspect was in custody, the Philadelphia Inquirer cited police as saying.

The report said police heard gunfire just before 8:30 p.m. local time (0030 GMT on Tuesday) and received multiple reports of a male armed with a rifle shooting in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia.

At least two juveniles were among those shot, but their conditions were not immediately known, the report said, adding that the injured have been transported to nearby hospitals.

Roughly 10 minutes after the shots rang out, police officers reported they had apprehended the suspect wearing a ballistic vest and had recovered a rifle and a handgun in a nearby alleyway, the report said.

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