Gunfire rang out as a group of young people – family and friends – played basketball in Philadelphia late Monday night, leaving a 6-year-old boy hospitalized.
The 6-year-old was struck in the foot in the shooting in a rear driveway of a home along the in the city’s Grays Ferry neighborhood around 11:30 p.m.
Officers arriving on the scene on the 1800 block of S 31st Street were told the boy’s parents rushed him to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in stable condition, said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small.
“There was a large group of about 10 to 20 young adults, teenagers and children playing basketball in the rear driveway when they heard a gunshot,” witnesses told police, according to Small.
Investigators found no ballistics evidence and a motive wasn’t immediately clear.
Police didn't believe the shooting had anything to do with an ambush-style shooting on nearby 28th Street that left two men shot around midnight. A 38-year-old man later died from his injuries. Investigators quickly got to the second scene since it's so close to the early shooting scene.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Philadelphia Police.
