Three teens were ambushed as they sat on the porch outside a Cumberland County, New Jersey, home over the weekend, leaving two of them dead, according to police.
The shooting that left a 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy dead took place around 11:40 p.m. Saturday along the 100 block of Oxford Street, in Bridgeton, Bridgeton police said in a Monday news release.
Officers arrived to find the two teens dead and a third teen -- a 17-year-old boy -- bleeding from a gunshot wound, police said. That boy was rushed to the hospital where he remained in stable condition Monday.
None of the teens -- who have not been named -- lived on Oxford Street, police said, but rather lived in elsewhere in Bridgeton.
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Investigators called the triple shooting a "targeted" assault that occurred as all three teens were sitting on a front porch. A gunman approached and opened fire.
The investigation continued Monday. Anyone with information was asked to call police at 856-451-0033.
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