Police are searching for a woman who they say shot a teen girl in the neck in North Philadelphia Tuesday night.
Police responded to a reported shooting at a home on the 1400 block of West Loudon Street shortly after 8:15 p.m. on July 23, 2024. When they arrived, they found a 15-year-old girl who had been shot in the neck. The teen was taken to the hospital where she remains in critical condition.
Investigators determined an altercation occurred on the street before shots were fired at the girl from a passing dark grey Chevrolet Malibu. The vehicle was last seen traveling eastbound on the 1400 block of Loudon Street.
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No arrests have been made and a weapon has not been recovered. Police said the suspect in the shooting is a woman in her early to mid 30's with a medium brown complexion who was wearing a white t-shirt.
Anyone with information on the shooting should call the Philadelphia Shooting Investigations Group (SIG) at 215-686-8270 or call or text the Philadelphia police tipline at 215-686-TIPS (8477). Tipsters can remain anonymous.
To date, children have made up around 13% of the at least 630 shooting victims in the city, according to data from the Philadelphia City Controller.
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