One child and four adults have been hospitalized after a quadruple shooting in South Philadelphia Saturday night.
At 7:48 p.m., five people were shot during an incident that happened on the 1700 block of Ringgold Street in Philadelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood, law enforcement officials said Sunday.
According to police, first responders to the scene found a 58-year-old woman who had been shot in her legs along with a 54-year-old woman who suffered gunshot wounds to her leg and her wrist.
Both women were taken to local hospitals and listed in stable condition.
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Also, officials said, a 4-year-old boy, who was shot in his abdomen during this incident, was transported to a local hospital by private vehicle.
As of Monday afternoon, the boy was listed in critical condition and had undergone surgery on his injury.
Later, Saturday evening two other individuals who were also injured in the same incident, police said, arrived at local hospitals by private vehicle.
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A 30-year-old man was listed in stable condition after suffering a gunshot wound to his wrist, police said. And, a 40-year-old man was listed in critical condition after he arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, officials said.
“It was just crazy. There wasn’t a lot of people on the block at the time. And then they picked a baby up. It was a boy. He had to be no more than three or four years old. That’s when I just started shaking. It’s just crazy," Monica Green, a woman who heard the gunshots from inside her home.
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Investigators counted at least 50 shell casings spanning two blocks from 1700 Ringgold Street.
Officials could not confirm that there were two shooters who opened fire during this incident.
NBC10 has been told one person is in custody after walking into a hospital and matching the description of one of the shooters seen. However, police said Sunday they are on the lookout for an individual who was wearing dark clothing at the time of the incident.
No motive is yet know for this shooting and, officials said, the incident is under investigation.
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