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UPDATE: Police shoot, kill man they say fired gun into crowd during fight in Kensington

UPDATED: 1:30 p.m., Friday, July 23

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Philadelphia police officer shot and killed a man who cops say fired a gun into a crowd during a large fight in Kensington.


Police say officers went to investigate a report of a brawl at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening near the intersection of North Water and East Clearfield streets.

Authorities said that as offiers tried to break the fight up, a man fired shots in the crowd. Multiple officers shot back, hitting the man once.

He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. No one else was hurt.