PHILADELPHIA
PA March 24, 2025
A security guard at a West
Philly bar was killed early Sunday in a shooting that left two other people
wounded, officials said.
According to police, the
incident happened just after 1:30 a.m. outside Deja Vu Bar and Grill, located
at the intersection of 53rd and Arch Streets.
Here, police officials
said, a shooting happened after a security guard was involved in an altercation
outside the bar. A man who lives near the bar said he heard "six or
seven" gunshots.
“It was like, a bunch at
first then one or two after. Then all of the shouting started, and I was like
alright…somebody got messed up around here,” he said. “I avoid groups of people
as much as I can. Honestly, you’re not going to know when it’s coming at this
point in time in the world we live in. So, it’s just better to be aware of your
surroundings and not hang out for the violence. If people start getting extra,
I leave.”
Philadelphia Police
Inspector D.F. Pace told NBC10 that police aren't sure what sparked the
shooting other than some kind of confrontation.
The man was shot multiple
times, Pace said.
Police officers responding
to the incident took the 30-year-old man, who was working security at the
establishment at the time of the shooting, to a nearby hospital where Pace
said, the man was pronounced at about 1:49 a.m.
In responding to this
incident, Pace said, officers learned that two other victims who were hurt in
this shooting were taken to nearby hospitals.
A 30-year-old man, who had
been shot in the stomach and a woman who was shot in the leg were both listed
in stable condition at nearby hospitals, Pace said.
Pace didn't discuss if the
man who was injured in this shooting was involved in the altercation that led
to the security guard's death. But, he did note that the woman that was hurt
was an "innocent bystander."
Police investigators have
recovered a spent magazine at the scene, but no weapon has been found, Pace
said.
No arrests have yet been
made, but Pace said, an investigation is ongoing.
