14-Year-Old Boy In Critical Condition After Being Shot Three Times, Philadelphia Police Say
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times in North Philadelphia on Tuesday night. The shooting happened on the 2100 block of North 18th Street around 9:14 p.m.
Police say the boy was sitting on the front steps of an unoccupied home, when three males, believed to be teenagers, walked up, shot him, and ran away.
He was shot twice in the arm and once in the chest.
Police took him to a local hospital.
The department is also investigating unrelated homicides in the city; the two deadly shootings happened 15 minutes apart.
The shooting is still under investigation.
