Four men charged in connection with last year’s deadly mass shooting in Grays Ferry will go to trial

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Four people charged in connection with a deadly mass shooting in Grays Ferry last year that killed three and wounded 10, will go to trial after a judge determined there is enough evidence at a preliminary hearing Thursday.

At the preliminary hearing, prosecutors said the block party in Gray’s Ferry turned deadly when someone mistook the backfiring of a car for a gun shot and friends started firing at each other.

The four people charged in the mass shooting along 1500 block of Etting Street in July of last year are being held for trial on charges of 3rd degree murder, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. The judge threw out charges of conspiracy and attempted murder…

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