Separate Philadelphia shootings overnight left two teens – including a teenage girl struck while sitting outside with her sister – recovering from gunshot wounds.
A stray bullet apparently struck a 16-year-old girl as she sat with her 19-year-old sister outside their home on W Luzerne Street near N 7th Street in the city’s Hunting Park neighborhood around 11:30 p.m.
The girl heard the gunshot then felt pain in her left thigh, said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. The girl realized she was shot after running into her home.
Medics took the girl to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.
The gunman didn’t target the girl as It appeared the bullet came from about half a block away, said Small.
Also around 11:30 p.m., someone shot an 18-year-old along S 16th Street near Wharton Street in the city’s Point Breeze neighborhood. Officers found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg at 22nd and Catherine streets then transported him to Penn Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition, said police.
It wasn’t clear how the shooting victim made the 1-mile journey from where he was shot to where he was found.
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Police didn’t immediately make any arrests in either shooting. Surveillance video could help them track down the gunmen.
