Police identified the dead Saturday as Malik Ballard, 17, of the city’s Frankford section; Khalif Frezghi, 18, of East Mount Airy; and Salah Fleming, 14, of North Philadelphia.
The shooting occurred about 3:30 p.m. Friday on the 5900 block of Palmetto Street, where, police said, Ballard was found shot on the sidewalk, Frezghi on a front porch, and Fleming just inside the front doorway of a home. All were pronounced dead at the scene by medics.
“Both of the young men are very respectable and they’re good students,” Joyner said in an interview Saturday afternoon. “The school and the school family is very saddened that this continues to happen to young people.”in Philadelphia so far this year, eight fatally. A short time after the shootings, police said Friday night, they found a black Ford Edge believed to have been involved in the shootings. It had crashed on the 500 block of East Wyoming Street. Police took two juveniles into custody and said they believed they had dropped off the injured 16-year-old at the hospital.
Grief counselors will be available to any students on Monday and eighth graders will be given a break from taking the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams that are ongoing “to give them some time to grieve,” Joyner said.
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