More Than 50 Shots Fired Outside Philly Union Stadium Sunday: Delco DA

CHESTER, PA — Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer issued a statement on the holiday weekend shooting outside the Philadelphia Union's stadium in Chester that hurt eight teens.

Stollsteimer said in the shooting, which occurred at about 11:21 p.m. Sunday outside Subaru Park at Front and Norris streets in Chester, at least three guns were used.

More than 50 shell casings were found at the scene, Stollsteimer said.

One of the victims is in critical condition, and five others suffered non-life threatening injuries.

"On Sunday evening, a group of teens gathered in the City of Chester to celebrate the holiday weekend and the end of the school year," Stollsteimer said. "Unfortunately, the presence of guns in the crowd turned this gathering into a chaotic and dangerous event."

Stollsteimer said the shooting is "particularly disturbing because of the great progress the City of Chester has made in recent years in reducing gun violence through a law enforcement-community partnership initiated by Mayor Kirkland and me in October 2020."

He said since the Chester Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods was launched, gun homicides have been reduced by 60 percent, with the overall number of shootings falling by 46 percent over the last two years.

Anyone who has information on the shooting is urged to contact the Chester Police at 610-447-7931 or the county’s Criminal Investigation Division at 610-891-4700.