30 people were shot this weekend in Philadelphia, including 5 at a party held to honor a gun violence victim

Philadelphia police were investigating Monday whether a turf war between residents of two public housing complexes contributed to the most violent incident on one of the summer’s deadliest weekends.

Multiple gunmen opened fire in a crowd of about 200 people Saturday night at an annual North Philadelphia street party organized to remember an 18-year-old basketball star who was fatally shot in 2013. Five people were shot and wounded.

The incident near 10th and Brown Streets in the Richard Allen Homes was part of a weekend of violence during which more than 30 people were shot across the city. It happened at a neighborhood event honoring Quahdir Devine, known among friends and family as “Quack.” The teenager was a Benjamin Franklin High School student whose life was cut short seven years ago when he was gunned down on New Year’s Eve near Seventh Street and Girard Avenue.


Devine, whose likeness appears on street art and signage at the East Poplar Playground nearby, played basketball there and still has relatives in the area, said Anthony Jimenez, manager of a corner store near 10th and Brown.