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Pantone802 t1_j1c8ryq wrote

I heard these loud noises, came here looking for answers. My first thought was they were too much of a “bang” to be gunshots. And they sounded really far away to me, I’m at the top of West Passyunk, or the bottom of Point Breeze. Air moisture carrying noise from the river? Just heard another bang as I typed this at 12:48am.

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c8wsl wrote

Just heard another followed by blood curdling screams...

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c92k0 wrote

I was really hoping it was fireworks and it really sounded like it but then the screams are unsettling.

I'm definitely it going outside to check

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K3R3G3 t1_j1clk6i wrote

I don't want to discourage looking into things - and I'd be curious, too - but typically with gunshots, you're not going to have them spaced out like that.

If a shooting takes place, the parties involved almost always: 1) leave immediately and go anywhere else but there, 2) die or get into an ambulance , 3) get arrested.

Highly unlikely for there to be a 10+ minute gap.

"I shot this person. I have decided after having a sandwich that I would like to shoot this person again. No one has come to stop me."

Or

"I shot this person and peeled out, but decided to come back 10 minutes later to the scene and pop off a few more."

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1d95kk wrote

Yeah I know. The reasons I wanted to look into it were that It seemed to be moving. So I thought people might have been chasing each other or something. But the main reason is I heard a bunch of screams. Like really scared screams.

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K3R3G3 t1_j1d9ysw wrote

Screaming can be unnerving and obviously good to check on. Universal sign of distress. I have also seen adolescent/teen girls in groups shrieking in a distressed manner, but they were just running around acting wild. I'm not a fan of such false alarm screaming. Boy who cried wolf and all that.

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1dabyd wrote

Yeah I've seen that before too. People just screaming for fun. I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. I honestly thought it could have been a drunk driver crashing into shit on broad or something because it didn't quite sound like fireworks and it didn't sound like gunshots either until I heard the screams.

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ouralarmclock t1_j1c8i6s wrote

I heard them. Im at 16th and Wolf and the first two sounded like they were right out my window. The third was further away as you said. Seemed too loud and boomy to be gunshots. Sounded like fireworks, and while who tf is lighting off fireworks after midnight in the middle of a rainy winter night, anything is possible in South Philly!

Edit: just heard one more further away again.

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c8u8g wrote

Yea I'm hoping that's what it is. It definitely sounded like 16th and wolf and then the last one sounded super close. I'm at 13th and Snyder and it sounded right there.

As I was typing this I heard another @ 12:48. Almost positive it was gunshots because I hear a bunch of blood curdling screams now...

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ouralarmclock t1_j1c96r8 wrote

It would have to be a big old shotgun to make that kind of boom, and the single intermittent shots are pretty unusual as well. But as I said, anything is possible in South Philly!

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c9gbw wrote

Yea exactly. The closer ones didn't really sound like gunshots but the screams i heard are unsettling.

12:54 I'm hearing a bunch of quieter bangs now. Sounds more like what I'd think gunshots sound like... Sounds like it's around 16th and McKean or so. Also just heard a loud one that I doubt it gunshots.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j1c9khj wrote

Yup also heard some softer pops just now that sounded more like gunshots than the initial bang

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c9n8c wrote

Yup me too. Also citizen just reported gunshots. Says 12th and McKean but i don't think that's right. They also reported the screaming.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j1c9yw7 wrote

Another bang 1:00. Definitely coming from the southwest but quieter this time

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1ca3du wrote

I heard that one. Definitely west of broad. Sounded like fireworks to me.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j1ca7nb wrote

Who the fuck is out in this setting off fireworks. It's fucking pissing down freezing slop. People are nuts

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1cac3i wrote

That's why I thought gunshots lol cuz it's like sleeting and 1 am. I'd be happy if it's fireworks tho. Sounds like it probably is.

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HERCzero t1_j1cfdxg wrote

I saw from a community FB post that the police radio said there was someone throwing fireworks out of a moving car, seems to explain everything but also.....wtf

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1cfrtd wrote

Yea that seems to be what it was. Really why tho? I'm just wondering what the screaming was about.

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Pantone802 t1_j1c95dm wrote

Oh damn, really!? That’s upsetting. Be safe out there. Stay inside!

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c98xc wrote

You too man. There's no way I'm going out to check it out. Way too risky!

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Pantone802 t1_j1c9nhm wrote

Wow another one at 12:55am. That one sounded closer. Citizen app reporting it now. Comment on there saying “police were told someone went by in a car and threw out fireworks”.

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c9t47 wrote

The citizen report mentioned the screams I heard. I'm hoping it's fireworks. Those quieter ones were definitely more like gunshots. Probably just fireworks but I wanted to see if anyone saw anything.

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j1c8svp wrote

Just heard another one. First sounded farther away and was accompanied by car alarms. They don't sound like fireworks

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c8xw3 wrote

Just heard another followed by blood curdling screams... sounded like right at Snyder station 12:48

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Angsty_Potatos t1_j1c9cv8 wrote

I'm a block away from Snyder station. I didn't hear screams but then again my window faces north, so I may have missed that part. Hope everything is ok

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1c9jr8 wrote

I'm a block away to. My windows face toward the station so maybe that's why I heard it. I really hope I'm just hearing things at this point.

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mklinger23 OP t1_j1cdxgb wrote

I mean I heard bangs and screams that sounded really close to my house. I was just seeing if anyone knew what was up cuz I didn't hear anything anywhere else.

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