A 2-year-old girl and five teenagers were among the seven injured in a gunshot outside a Philadelphia elementary school on Thursday evening.
It was stated that the shooting took place at approximately 6 p.m. Eastern Time in front of the James G. Blaine School located in the Strawberry Mansion area.
Philadelphia Elementary School Shooting
According to Reginald Streater, president of the Philadelphia School Board, who was quoted by the Associated Press, the incident occurred while a separate function unrelated to school was drawing to a close.
Six individuals, ranging in age from 2 to 31, were reportedly sent to surrounding hospitals for treatment of gunshot wounds. As of Thursday evening, all were reportedly in stable condition, according to reports.
The police are looking for three male suspects and a gray Hyundai Elantra with four doors and a Pennsylvania license plate between 2011 and 2016.
At the time of the shooting, all three were observed wearing all-black attire, which may have included masks or hooded sweatshirts.
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Philadelphia Shooting Suspect Remains At Large
This clothing was captured by surveillance cameras at the crime scene. It appears that one of the suspects was wearing a black sweater with the New Balance emblem stitched on the front.
The officials reported that a 2-year-old girl sustained a single bullet wound to the right thigh, while a 15-year-old boy sustained four gunshot wounds to the chest and one to the right thigh.
The adolescent’s three injuries constituted a major threat to their lives. A 16-year-old male was shot twice, once in the arm and once in the leg, along with another 16-year-old male who was wounded once in the arm.
According to the police information, both young men were shot by the same individual. The authorities said that a thirteen-year-old child had what seemed to be a gunshot lodged in his hand.
A 30-year-old woman who had been shot twice in the leg has been taken to the hospital, according to the police.
Uber reportedly transported a 17-year-old boy with a graze wound on the left side of his thigh to the hospital. The damage occurred on the left side of the child’s thigh.
The government stated that no suspects have been captured, and they have not provided any information regarding the attack’s likely motivation. About the chronology of events preceding the shooting, there was still a lack of comprehension.
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