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Residents Keeping Kids Inside After Gunfire Erupts, Injuring 6-Year-Old

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Concerned neighbors on the 6300 hundred block of N. Woodstock Street say they're keeping their children inside for the time being after gunfire erupted around 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday night.

"I was shocked that my youngest daughter would have to be ducking bullets on a block that she plays on every single day," one neighbor said.

6-Year-Old Girl Recovering After Being Shot In Philadelphia

Caught in the hail of bullets was a six-year-old girl. She was struck in the left shoulder and is now recovering in the ICU of St. Christopher's Hospital.

Surveillance video from a neighbor's home shows one of the gunshots blasting through the back window of a minivan.

Police say that was one of 20 shots fired from two separate high-caliber weapons. Neighbors told Eyewitness News that the young girl often visits with her aunt, who lives on the block.

 

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