5 people have been arrested after a shooting in a West Philadelphia park that was filled with hundreds of people

Five people have been arrested and multiple firearms have been recovered after a Wednesday afternoon shooting in West Philadelphia, police say.

Five people have been arrested – four of whom are juveniles – after a Wednesday afternoon shooting that unfolded in a West Philadelphia park during a large Muslim religious celebration filled with families and children, police say. The shooting took place at roughly 2:30 p.m. at Clara Muhammad Square, where about 1,000 people had gathered for the public celebration, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said during a news conference. One woman told a local TV station families, children and elderly people were in attendance for Eid al-Fitr, an Islamic religious celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Lawn chairs, picnic tables and toys were set up and families were dressed in their holiday best. Children ran in the playground while parents chatted with friends. Then came the sound of shots, prompting widespread panic and chaos as people ducked to avoid bullets and families rushed to grab their loved ones and escape. Two groups that were in the park started exchanging gunfire, but police do not believe the shooting was connected to the religious celebration, the commissioner said. Officers stopped three males and one female suspect who were running, and recovered four weapons, Bethel said. Of those four suspects, three were juveniles, the commissioner said. Another officer engaged with a 15-year-old male suspect, firing and striking the teen in his shoulder and leg, and recovered a weapon from him, the commissioner said. That suspect was then transferred to the hospital. One person was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his stomach, Bethel said, and a juvenile went to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his hand. They were both in stable condition Wednesday afternoon, he added.