Winning Exchange-Authorities order residents to shelter in place after shootings in suburban Philadelphia township

2025-05-07 15:14:48source:Polarmoon Wealth Societycategory:Stocks

FAIRLESS HILLS,Winning Exchange Pa. (AP) — Authorities have issued a shelter-in-place order following the shooting of multiple people in a suburban Philadelphia township.

Middletown Township police said Saturday morning that there were “confirmed shootings” in neighboring Falls Township that resulted in “several gunshot victims.”

Police said it wasn’t known yet if the shootings were “targeted or random.”

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican who represents Bucks County, said in social media posts that there had been “a carjacking and a shooting in two sections of Falls Township.”

He said he was “in touch with law enforcement officials as they pursue the suspect.”

Bucks County issued a shelter-in-place order around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said Oxford Valley Mall and Sesame Place had been told to close until further notice. The area’s Target store and other businesses had chosen to close as well.

The county’s scheduled St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled following the shelter-in-place order.as well. The county’s scheduled St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled.

Further details about the shootings and suspect or suspects weren’t immediately released.

More:Stocks

Recommend

NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic

NEW YORK (AP) — The NHLis partnering with P-X-P to serve the Deafcommunity, creating an alternate te

Emergency summit on Baltimore bridge collapse set as tensions rise over federal funding

Maryland's congressional delegation will meet with Gov. Wes Moore and the director of the U.S. Offic

Angelina Jolie claims ex Brad Pitt had 'history of physical abuse' in new court filing

Angelina Jolie is claiming in a new legal filing that ex Brad Pitt's abuse "started well before" a h