Residents urged to shelter in place after three killed in Philadelphia shootings

The incident was characterised as ‘domestic’ by authorities (AP)

Three people have been killed after gunfire erupted in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St Patrick’s Day parade and shutting down a children’s theme park, authorities said.

Middletown Township police said there were “confirmed shootings” in the neighbouring Falls Township in Eastern Pennsylvania that resulted in “several gunshot victims”.