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Temple University Alerts Students After Gunfire Near Campus

Temple University alerted students after gunfire rang out near campus overnight.

“Shots fired in the vicinity of Cecil B Moore and 11th Streets. Window shattered on the south side of View Apartments. No Injuries. Police have responded,” read the TUalert message sent out around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday.

The apartments where the gunfire occurred sit about one block from the eastern side of the North Philadelphia campus, across the street from Columbia Field.

No word yet on the circumstances behind the shooting and no word on any arrests.
 

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