A teenager was shot in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood overnight in what was one of three separate shootings within a span of several hours that left teenagers injured in the city.
The 17-year-old boy showed up to the hospital early on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, with a gunshot wound to his chest suffered in the shooting along along the 1800 block of East Lippincott Street, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said. The boy was being treated in critical condition.
Investigators found evidence that a single gunshot had been fired along Lippincott Street, Small said.
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Police said they weren't aware how the teen got to the hospital or any other circumstances around the shooting.
Investigators hoped to gather surveillance video to help them track down the shooter, Small said.
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Teens also shot in West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia
The Kensington incident wasn't the only shooting of a teenager in Philadelphia overnight.
A 17-year-old girl was shot above her right eye in a shooting near 60th and Spruce streets in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, police said.
The girl was hospitalized in stable condition, police said.
The search for a motive in the shooting and whoever pulled the trigger continued Wednesday, police said.
An 18-year-old was also hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the leg along North Randolph Street in North Philadelphia, Small said.
The Randolph Street shooting took place late on Tuesday night around 11:30, investigators said.
The search for a motive in the teen's shooting and whoever pulled the trigger continued Wednesday, police said.
Children have made up around 13% of the nearly 550 shooting victims so far this year in Philadelphia, according to data from the City Controller's Office.
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