December 26, 2015
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The sign outside the Triple Play Sports Bar in North Philadelphia.
An early morning shooting in North Philadelphia left two people injured Sunday, according to media reports.
6ABC reports that the incident began around 1 a.m. Saturday outside the Triple Play Sports Bar located on the 1600 block of West Hunting Park Avenue.
Two men were reportedly kicked out of the bar after causing a commotion, returning in a car about 20 minutes later when one man got out and fired 16 shots at those standing outside the establishment.
A customer was hit in the ankle and armed security guards returned fire, the news station reports.
According to NBC Philadelphia, a man showed up at Einstein Medical Center minutes later with a gunshot wound to the stomach, but police are unsure if he is a suspect or was just a patron at the bar when the shooting happened.
The guards were licensed to carry and cooperated with authorities, NBC reports, and police are hoping surveillance footage aids their investigation.
