Shots were fired on Saturday morning at two different locations in Falls Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Suspected perpetrator is a 26-year-old man who was recently homeless.

He used an AR-15 assault rifle as the murder weapon. There was actually supposed to be a parade in the town on the occasion of Irish St. Patrick's Day. According to local TV station Fox29, this was canceled for security reasons. The celebrations in honor of Saint Patrick also brought Irish emigrants to the USA.