Teen killed in shooting outside North Philadelphia church, police say
A teenager is dead after gunfire erupted outside of a North Philadelphia church early Friday morning, police said.
Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told CBS News Philadelphia officers and medics responded to the 1700 block of West Huntingdon Street for reports of a shooting just before 2 a.m.
When they arrived, police found the teen lying on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound to the face and chest. Medics transported him to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The teen has not yet been identified. Small said officers with him at the hospital described him to be "very young" in his mid- to late teens.
Police real-time crime cameras showed the victim walking with two other young men when the shots were fired. The two were then seen fleeing eastbound on West Huntingdon Street after shots rang out.
Police said a dark-colored sedan was seen leaving the scene of the shooting.
About a half hour after the shooting, two teens showed up at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in a dark-colored sedan, Small said. The pair included a 16-year-old boy with a gunshot wound in one of his legs and a 17-year-old who was unconscious with gunshot wounds in his back and one of his legs.
Detectives originally suspected the two teens were the ones seen walking with the victim; however, they later determined they were not connected to this deadly shooting.
Both shootings are under investigation.