A two-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl are in the hospital after a shooting in North Philadelphia Thursday night.
At approximately 8:41 p.m., police said a toddler and a teenager were found suffering from gunshot wounds along the 1300 block of N. 11th Street.The two-year old boy had been shot twice in the leg and the 15-year-old girl was shot once in the leg, police said.Both victims were transported to the hospital and placed in stable condition, according to the police. They will be transferred to a children’s hospital by private ambulance.
Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the boy and girl are believed to be related and were outside of their house when they were both hit by gunfire.Police found over 30 spent shell casings at the scene of the shooting. The shots spanned from the 1300 block of N. 11th Stret to the 1400 block of N. 11th Street, which is a two-block radius, Small said.
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