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Stray Bullet Hits Boy, 14, Riding Bike

A 14-year-old boy caught a stray bullet as he was riding his bike in North Philadelphia, police said Sunday.

The teen was riding on Luzerne Street near Front about 1:15 a.m. when he heard what he thought was a firecracker and then felt a pain in his thigh, police said.

He rode to his father's house, and when he arrived, he discovered a hole in his pants and a gunshot wound to his thigh, police said. The boy's father drove him to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The teen was treated for a graze wound to his thigh and later released from the hospital, police said.

No arrests have been made in the shooting.
 

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