New security camera footage inside the Philadelphia Wawa store that was looted over the weekend was released as Philadelphia Police say some of the perpetrators were as young as 10-years-old.
"The bottom line is that we can not have this type of behavior happening in the city," said Deputy Commissioner John Stanford, according to Fox29. "The onus can't always fall on police or other organizations, some of that falls on parents have to raise children properly."
WATCH: New ?@Wawa? provided store surveillance video to @phillypolice who say at least 100 people, mostly juveniles, “some as young as 10yrs old” shoplifting & ransacking Wawa store on Roosevelt Blvd & jumping on vehicles parked out front Saturday 8pm ?@FOX29philly? pic.twitter.com/mMY5Jec6Gd
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) September 27, 2022
Video taken by store employees and people within the large group of teens show the crowd not only damaging the store and stealing items, but also getting into fights outside and jumping on cars.
A large group of criminals ransacked a WaWa store tonight in Philadelphia pic.twitter.com/bviiexZJR2
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 25, 2022
Beyond the spontaneous looting, Philadelphia officially reached its 400th homicide for 2022.
PHILADELPHIA HITS 400 HOMICIDES in September for 2nd consecutive year. A violent Monday that included a teen shot 21 times & killed, has @PhillyPolice UPDATE their murder statistic to this horrific number again before the last 3 months of year. @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/KIdAZlkhQW
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) September 27, 2022
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