Police have arrested a teen accused of shooting a gun near Temple University’s campus over the weekend. Police say the teen was in possession of a gun when they tracked him down and believe it was used in the shooting on Saturday. More than 500 people, mostly teens used social media to organize a meet up. Cell phone video shows them running for cover after hearing the shots. No one was hurt.
Philadelphia police officers apprehended a teen boy for a shooting that caused many to flee a meet up held near Temple University over the weekend.
On Monday night, police officers executing a search warrant at a home along the 2700 block of North Hancock Street, in the city's Fairhill section of Kensington, apprehended a 15-year-old boy and recovered a stolen gun, police said.
The teen faces theft, receiving stolen property and gun violation charges after a weapon was fired several times during a meet up that happened near the intersection of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 10 at about 5 p.m.
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No one was injured in that incident, however, the sound of gunfire sent crowds running through North Philadelphia streets in search of safety and a number of teens were cited for disorderly conduct during the event.
Officials said an investigation into this incident is ongoing.
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