I heard them. Im at 16th and Wolf and the first two sounded like they were right out my window. The third was further away as you said. Seemed too loud and boomy to be gunshots. Sounded like fireworks, and while who tf is lighting off fireworks after midnight in the middle of a rainy winter night, anything is possible in South Philly!

Edit: just heard one more further away again.

I heard these loud noises, came here looking for answers. My first thought was they were too much of a “bang” to be gunshots. And they sounded really far away to me, I’m at the top of West Passyunk, or the bottom of Point Breeze. Air moisture carrying noise from the river? Just heard another bang as I typed this at 12:48am.

Just heard another one. First sounded farther away and was accompanied by car alarms. They don't sound like fireworks

Yea I'm hoping that's what it is. It definitely sounded like 16th and wolf and then the last one sounded super close. I'm at 13th and Snyder and it sounded right there.

As I was typing this I heard another @ 12:48. Almost positive it was gunshots because I hear a bunch of blood curdling screams now...

Just heard another followed by blood curdling screams...

Just heard another followed by blood curdling screams... sounded like right at Snyder station 12:48

I was really hoping it was fireworks and it really sounded like it but then the screams are unsettling.

I'm definitely it going outside to check

Oh damn, really!? That’s upsetting. Be safe out there. Stay inside!

It would have to be a big old shotgun to make that kind of boom, and the single intermittent shots are pretty unusual as well. But as I said, anything is possible in South Philly!

You too man. There's no way I'm going out to check it out. Way too risky!

I'm a block away from Snyder station. I didn't hear screams but then again my window faces north, so I may have missed that part. Hope everything is ok

Yea exactly. The closer ones didn't really sound like gunshots but the screams i heard are unsettling.

12:54 I'm hearing a bunch of quieter bangs now. Sounds more like what I'd think gunshots sound like... Sounds like it's around 16th and McKean or so. Also just heard a loud one that I doubt it gunshots.

I'm a block away to. My windows face toward the station so maybe that's why I heard it. I really hope I'm just hearing things at this point.

Yup also heard some softer pops just now that sounded more like gunshots than the initial bang

Yup me too. Also citizen just reported gunshots. Says 12th and McKean but i don't think that's right. They also reported the screaming.

Wow another one at 12:55am. That one sounded closer. Citizen app reporting it now. Comment on there saying “police were told someone went by in a car and threw out fireworks”.

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The citizen report mentioned the screams I heard. I'm hoping it's fireworks. Those quieter ones were definitely more like gunshots. Probably just fireworks but I wanted to see if anyone saw anything.

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Another bang 1:00. Definitely coming from the southwest but quieter this time

I heard that one. Definitely west of broad. Sounded like fireworks to me.

Who the fuck is out in this setting off fireworks. It's fucking pissing down freezing slop. People are nuts

That's why I thought gunshots lol cuz it's like sleeting and 1 am. I'd be happy if it's fireworks tho. Sounds like it probably is.

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I mean I heard bangs and screams that sounded really close to my house. I was just seeing if anyone knew what was up cuz I didn't hear anything anywhere else.

I saw from a community FB post that the police radio said there was someone throwing fireworks out of a moving car, seems to explain everything but also.....wtf

Yea that seems to be what it was. Really why tho? I'm just wondering what the screaming was about.

I don't want to discourage looking into things - and I'd be curious, too - but typically with gunshots, you're not going to have them spaced out like that.

If a shooting takes place, the parties involved almost always: 1) leave immediately and go anywhere else but there, 2) die or get into an ambulance , 3) get arrested.

Highly unlikely for there to be a 10+ minute gap.

"I shot this person. I have decided after having a sandwich that I would like to shoot this person again. No one has come to stop me."

Or

"I shot this person and peeled out, but decided to come back 10 minutes later to the scene and pop off a few more."

Yeah I know. The reasons I wanted to look into it were that It seemed to be moving. So I thought people might have been chasing each other or something. But the main reason is I heard a bunch of screams. Like really scared screams.

Screaming can be unnerving and obviously good to check on. Universal sign of distress. I have also seen adolescent/teen girls in groups shrieking in a distressed manner, but they were just running around acting wild. I'm not a fan of such false alarm screaming. Boy who cried wolf and all that.

Yeah I've seen that before too. People just screaming for fun. I'm glad it wasn't anything serious. I honestly thought it could have been a drunk driver crashing into shit on broad or something because it didn't quite sound like fireworks and it didn't sound like gunshots either until I heard the screams.

You ever figure it out?

Pretty sure it was fireworks. Didn't hear much about it.