{"id":112300,"date":"2025-08-02T06:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112300\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T06:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:37:12","slug":"suspect-arrested-in-philadelphia-rec-center-mass-shooting-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112300\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested in Philadelphia rec center mass shooting: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BFED71D45D6A2EB69B3719F83689E550.jpg\" alt=\"Philly rec center mass shooting: New video shows suspect\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> &#8211; A teen sought in connection with a shooting near Christy Recreation Center Pool surrendered to police Friday night.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Philadelphia police issued an arrest warrant for 17-year-old Keon Kiah in connection with a mass shooting that occurred on Wednesday, July 30, near 56th and Christian Street.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Police say Kiah is accused of discharging a firearm near the Christy Recreation Center Pool while children and staff were at the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">As a result, a 10-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl sustained graze wounds, and a 32-year-old recreation center employee was also grazed by a bullet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">A 16-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the face and remains in critical condition. Meanwhile, another 16-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the hip.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Investigators say they believe the shooting stemmed from an earlier altercation that took place across from the recreation center.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Police say Kiah and several other individuals allegedly returned to the area following the dispute.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">On Friday night, police say the 17-year-old suspect turned himself in to Philadelphia police.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">He will be charged with 13 counts of Aggravated Assault, 13 counts of Simple Assault, 13 counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person (REAP), and related offenses.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The arrest comes hours after police released new surveillance footage showing the teen suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story is from Phialdelphia police.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A teen sought in connection with a shooting near Christy Recreation Center Pool surrendered to police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,6082,50,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-112300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114957794972061863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}