A teenager died and another was hospitalized with a wound to the head following what is believed to have been a drive-by shooting in the Summerdale neighborhood of lower Northeast Philadelphia Friday afternoon, police said.
The shooting happened around 4 p.m. on the 800 block of Bridge Street. The boy, identified by his family as Robert "Bobby" Yocum, was 14 and was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said. A 15-year-old girl was alert and talking despite the gunshot to the head, Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D.F. Pace said.
The shooting happened in a residential neighborhood about two blocks away from Sammuel Fels High School. Police said later Friday that someone opened fire from a passing car on a group of young people standing on Bridge Street.
A motive for the shooting was not known Friday night.
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A tally by the city controller's office shows that in 2022, at least 112 minors had been shot, 18 fatally, as of June 9.
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