15-year-old shot near Philadelphia school
Overbrook High School was placed on lockdown as a precaution after the shooting.
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Overbrook High School was placed on lockdown as a precaution after the shooting.
Police say a 17-year-old man opened the car door of a parked Honda Civic. They also say he had a gun which he pointed at the two people inside the car.
The Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office says a 17-year-old man was shot several times. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
The man showed up at an area hospital stating he was shot, police say. He was listed in critical condition at first but later died.
Police say the shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of Adams and Rising Sun Avenues.
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Police said the teen was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died.
Police identified the suspect as 53-year-old Jose Ortiz Rodriguez.
The 29-year-old man has a bail of $875,000 and officials say he remains in custody.
Police say it's possibly the result of a car crash.
No arrests have been made.
The shooting happened shortly after 8 p.m. inside a home in the 5100 block of North 8th Street.
No arrests have been made.
Officials say there is no active threat in the community and they believe that no one was hit.
Police say the offender was a woman driving a white SUV.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
The woman is in stable condition and officials say she will be okay.
Alicia Roberts reports.
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