A West Philadelphia teenager died a week after being shot while inside a home.
Mehki Ingram was shot several times in the torso inside a June Street home just before 9 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 22, Philadelphia police said.
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WATCH HEREOfficers rushed the 16-year-old to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he died early Saturday morning, police said Monday morning.
No arrests were made as police continued to search for Ingram's killer.
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The city controller’s office tallied 35 deadly and 139 nonfatal shootings as of its most recent data released Thursday. Of those shooting victims, at least 15 (9%) have been children.
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