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2 children shot in separate incidents in Northeast Philadelphia, police said

One of the victims, a girl whose age was not released, was struck by gunfire at the Fox Chase Recreation Center, police said.

File phot of an ambulance responding to the scene of an emergency.
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Two children were shot in separate incidents in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday evening, police said.

In one incident, a girl was struck by gunfire at the Fox Chase Recreation Center on Ridgeway Street shortly before 8:30 p.m., police said. Police did not provide her age. Medics took the girl to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where she was in stable condition, police said.

The other shooting happened around 7:05 p.m., near the 800 block of Brill Street, near Summerdale Avenue and Bridge Street, north of Roosevelt Boulevard. A 15-year-old boy shot in the leg was taken to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital for treatment, police said.

No arrests or motives had been announced in either shooting as of Sunday.

The Philadelphia Police Shooting Investigation Group was investigating both incidents.