A teenager was shot numerous times in a shooting in West Philadelphia and died a short time later Friday, police said.
The boy was shot 13 times near 55th and Market streets around 8:20 p.m., police said. He died about 30 minutes later at Penn-Presbyterian Hospital. On Monday, police identified him as Jalen Jones who lived nearby.
Another person, identified only as a 39-year-old man, was also shot in the gunfire that killed the teen. The older victim suffered a bullet wound to his right leg, and was taken by a car to Penn-Presbyterian, where he was recovering, police said.
No motive for the shooting was initially identified. No one has been arrested.
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Philadelphia has been struggling with deadly gun violence.
As of the end of Sunday, at least 228 people were killed in Philadelphia, a 33% year-over-year increase after 2020 ended as one of the deadliest years on record.