Three people were shot, including an 8-year-old little girl, following a crash that led to a road rage shooting in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
Police have released surveillance images of the suspected shooter. They are searching for a man believed to be in his 30s with a thin build who was wearing a gray GAP hooded sweatshirt, black pants and one Nike sneaker.
At 2:49 p.m. Philadelphia police officers responded to a call for multiple shots fired along the 400 block of East Allegheny Avenue, investigators said.
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A black car was driving southbound along Rosehill Street and was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto East Allegheny Avenue when they hit a person on a scooter who was driving in the center lane on Allegheny Avenue, Deputy Police Commissioner Pedro Rosario said.
The driver of the vehicle didn't see the person on the scooter and struck them causing the scooter to go flying and land some feet away, Rosario said.
"The operator of that scooter gets up, produces a handgun and starts firing indiscriminately in this direction," Rosario said.
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The entire incident was captured on surveillance video obtained by NBC10. You see the man sit on the ground for a moment before he began shooting up the street.
An 8-year-old little girl was in a car being picked up by her father when she was hit in the head by a bullet, police said. Her father immediately drove her to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition.
The little girl is a student at Lewis Elkin Elementary School, according to the School District of Philadelphia.
The second victim, a 47-year-old woman, was shot in her Audi -- a bullet hole in the windshield. She was shot twice in the right side of her face and a graze wound to her left shoulder, police said. She was transported by medics to the hospital and listed in critical but table condition.
The School District of Philadelphia also confirmed one of the victims, the driver of the Audi, is a teacher at Conwell Middle School. She’s been with the district for at least two decades.
“We are grateful that they were not more seriously injured and are praying for both families," the school district said. "No one wants to receive the news that a student, teacher, or anyone has been shot in our city."
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"I am horrified by another act of senseless gun violence in our city, this time a triple shooting that left three individuals wounded--including an 8-year-old student at Elkin Elementary and a beloved teacher at Conwell Middle School," the Philadelphia Federation Teachers President Jerry Jordan said. "Our students, staff, and families need and deserve to feel safe--but today, a random shooting shortly after schools dismissed once again showed that so much more must be done to truly address the heartbreak wrought by the sinister crisis of gun violence."
The third victim was a 45-year-old pedestrian who was shot in the leg, police said. Police transported that man to the hospital where he was listed in stable condition.
Neighbors tell NBC10 that they are scared and angry that something so violent and careless would happen near a school. The incident has left the neighborhood on edge.
Lewis Elkin Elementary went into immediate action after word of the shooting.
"The kids you know we had to put them in a shelter-in-place you know so it’s kind of sad," Behavior Health Tech at Elkin Bruce Harris said.
The driver of the black sedan that appeared to strike the driver later reported the crash to 25th District Police, investigators said.
As of Friday afternoon, no arrests have been made and no weapons were recovered.
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