<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Four people were killed, and four others wounded in a mass shooting Monday night in Philadelphia in the latest chapter of America's gun violence crisis, news reports said.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Philadelphia police spokesman Miguel Torres confirmed to AFP there were multiple gunshot victims but gave no numbers or details.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Philadelphia Enquirer, CNN and other news outlets reported that a suspect in the shooting in the eastern city's Kingsessing neighborhood had been detained.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Enquirer said at least two juveniles were among those shot.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It said police detained a man wearing a bullet-proof vest and recovered a rifle and a handgun and additional magazines of ammunition in an alleyway.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The paper described the crime scene as sprawling, with people shot at different locations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the weekend two people were killed and 28 were wounded in a shooting at a block party in Baltimore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">America has now endured 339 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines these as shootings in which four people are killed or wounded. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>