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16-year-old boy fatally shot in Tioga: Philadelphia police

16-year-old killed in Tioga shooting, Philadelphia police say
16-year-old killed in Tioga shooting, Philadelphia police say 00:28

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A 16-year-old boy was shot multiple times and killed in Philadelphia's Tioga section Wednesday night, police say. The shooting happened in the 1400 block of West Erie Avenue just after 5:30 p.m.

The teenage boy was shot multiple times throughout his body and pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 5:53 p.m., authorities say. 

After viewing surveillance footage, police believe the suspects were also teenagers.

Police are also looking into if this shooting is connected to another that happened on Erie Avenue on Monday.

Police say no arrests have been made and no weapons were recovered. 

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