Two people were arrested Friday evening in connection with a shooting on the Temple University campus, according to police.
Philadelphia police responded to the 1800 block of North Broad Street after receiving a report of a person with a gun just before 5:40 p.m.
First Deputy Commissioner Field Operations John Stanford said two vehicles were involved in a traffic collision while traveling south on Broad Street, which led to both drivers pulling out their weapons.
The drivers then exchanged gunfire and a 22-year-old woman was wounded in the knee, Stanford said. The woman was taken to Temple University Hospital, where Stanford said she was stable.
“In the middle of rush hour we are fortunate that only one person was injured,” he said.
According to Stanford, the Philadelphia Police Department has one large number of officers on duty in the area in recent days. Officers were near the area at the time of the shooting and were able to arrest the two drivers and recover two guns involved in the shooting, Stanford said. He added that he believes a bus in the area was hit at the time of the shooting, but no one was injured.
Police do not believe the shooting had anything to do with Temple University, it was just the area where the road rage incident occurred.
Temple University shared on its TUalert X account just after 5:45 p.m. that shots were reportedly fired on the 1800 block of North Broad Street. The community was advised to avoid the area as police responded.
Once the incident started to become clear, a crowd formed and two groups of youths began fighting each other, Stanford said. Officers patrolling the area began breaking up the fight before becoming involved in a foot chase. Stanford said this ended when a firearm was recovered and three youths were arrested.
“It seems like every day someone else gets shot,” James Bombardt said.
Bombardt arrived on the scene while walking his dog. He has family who live a few blocks away.
‘I would like my girl, my wife and her daughter to stay indoors. I’m going for a walk with the dogs. I’d rather take the chance of being shot at.’
