Two shooters - likely teenagers - 'indiscriminately' opened fire on a group of teens Friday night in West Philadelphia, killing 17-year-old Sandrea Williams and wounding two teenage boys, Homicide Capt. Jack Ryan said Monday.
Two shooters - likely teenagers -"indiscriminately" opened fire on a group of teens Friday night in West Philadelphia, killing 17-year-old Sandrea Williams and wounding two teenage boys, Homicide Capt. Jack Ryan said Monday.killing 17-year-old Sandrea WilliamsShortly before 10:30 p.m.
Ryan declined to say who the shooters may have been targeting except to say it was likely not Williams. Fired cartridge casings were found from two guns — a .45-caliber and a 9mm."It's a miracle that there weren't any more casualties," Ryan said., Williams' mother, Nadia Syblis, 34, said she had been sitting on her front steps talking to an older brother when she heard the gunshots. She ran inside, came back out after she saw someone lying on the 6400 block of Carlton, then realized it was her daughter.
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