5-year-old shot in double shooting near South Philly gas station

A man and his grandson were shot in South Philadelphia Saturday afternoon.

According to police, before 6 p.m. a white Nissan with three people inside was shot at nearly 50 times near the Exxon gas station at 61st and Passyunk. The passengers were a 71-year-old man, his 5-year-old grandson and the boy's father, who was driving.

Two shooters in a stolen white Kia K5 then started firing at the car, police said, hitting it multiple times and causing it to crash into a pole.

The driver in the Nissan then returned fire at the shooters then ran away, according to the police. Police believe this was a targeted attack.

A 71-year-old man, the boy’s grandfather, was shot in the left side. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was placed in critical condition.

The 5-year-old boy who was shot was transported to a nearby hospital where he was placed in stable condition.

"It's always unconscionable when anyone is a victim of gun violence, all the more so when you have an innocent child, obviously through no fault of their own happened to be in a place where they're shot. There's no words to describe," Inspector D.F. Pace with the Philadelphia Police Department.

As of Sunday afternoon, there have been no arrests.

However, on Sunday, officials said responding officers surveyed the area and found the white Kia K5 abandoned in the rear of a home along the 6100 block of Buist Ave. in Southwest Philadelphia.

The Kia, bearing Florida tags, officials said, was previously reported stolen after a robbery at the Philadelphia International Airport.

"These kids don't get a chance to really live their life nowadays because of the violence, it's just bad man, it don't make no sense," Harold Boswell, with the Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network, said.

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