A man was injured by gunfire just one mile away from where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debated Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
The shooting happened outside City Hall just hours before the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Center City.
Police said there was an altercation on a train platform at Market and 15th streets around 3:30 p.m., WPVI reported.
A 23-year-old man was shot twice and transported to Jefferson Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition. A suspect is in custody.
Witnesses, including high school students leaving school, said they heard four shots. They saw the victim stumble up to the street from the train platform, FOX 29 reported.
MFL [L]: Police activity has cleared, and trains have resumed regular service along the line. 5th Street Station remains closed due to the Presidential debate. Expect residual delays while full operations are restored.
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Hours after the shooting, Trump and Harris met for their first-ever debate on ABC News at 9 p.m. EST.
ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis were criticized for showing bias toward President Trump, who faced selective "fact checks" as he made various claims about crime and immigration.
"Crime here is up and through the roof. Despite their fraudulent statements that they made. Crime in this country is through the roof. And we have a new form of crime. It's called migrant crime. And it's happening at levels that nobody thought possible," Trump said.
Muir interjected and said, "as you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country." Trump fired back and fact-checked Muir for relying on incomplete data.
"Excuse me, the FBI — they were defrauding statements,” Trump said. “They didn’t include the worst cities. They didn’t include the cities with the worst crime. It was a fraud.”
Crime experts say that Muir was relying on incomplete data, the Washington Examiner reported.
While the FBI reported broad declines in violent crime in the first quarter of 2024, major cities including Los Angeles have not been factored in yet. The FBI changed its crime reporting system in 2021.
Crime is well above pre-2020 levels. In 2023, there were more than 400 homicides in Philadelphia, which is a decrease from previous years but still high compared to 2019.
