Two men have been arrested and charged for their involvement in a shooting in South Philadelphia that left a 72-year-old woman injured and a dog killed.

Salvatore Branco, 27, and Rhett Mazza, 37, face charges of aggravated assault, violation of the Uniform Weapons Act, possession of a murder weapon, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, District Attorney Larry Krasner announced Tuesday.

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Branco is also accused of purchasing eleven firearms through fictitious purchases.

The shooting occurred on July 25, 2024, around 5 p.m. in the 1300 block of Porter Street. Branco and Mazza both pulled out guns and opened fire on each other, investigators said.

Surveillance footage shows residents walking their dogs and children playing on the block running for cover as Branco and Mazza fire about 20 shots at each other before fleeing the scene, officials said.

In the shooting, a 72-year-old woman suffered a grazed gunshot wound to the stomach, while a local resident’s dog was shot in the head. The woman survived the shooting, but the dog died.

Branco later turned himself in to police and turned over the gun he used in the shooting, investigators said.

Investigators also found that Branco had purchased 11 firearms. A sham purchase is a crime in which someone purchases a product, often a firearm, on behalf of another person who is prohibited by law from doing so.

Investigators said three of the weapons, purchased as dummy weapons, have appeared in criminal cases across Philadelphia.

“One of his firearms was found in a home along with five other firearms, some of them stolen, and one of them was used in a murder,” a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office wrote. “Another firearm turned up after an aggravated assault incident, and one was recovered from a drug stash. Branco never reported these firearms as stolen, and many of the firearms he purchased were identical makes and models.”