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Girl shot dead in North Philadelphia; suspect in custody
The shooting occurred at 22nd and Sedgley late in the day.
![Blood and M&M’s are what is left in the road after a young girl possibly in her early teans was shot and killed by random gunfire when she got off a bus at 22nd and Sedgley in Phila., Pa, around 4:30 pm on November 30, 2019.](https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/eN_KZBPBo8h9YW6mpR5LGT0PW6Q=/760x507/smart/filters:format(webp)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn.s3.amazonaws.com/public/J2A5D26O3RCHDJDAIQ5ESCYYMU.jpg)
A man who evidently was firing randomly shot and killed a girl between 12 and 14 years old as she was exiting a bus in North Philadelphia, police said.
Police said they had a 41-year-old male suspect in custody and had recovered a weapon. Police did not name the victim or the suspect.
They said the shooting occurred at 22nd Street and Sedgley Avenue about 4:40 p.m. The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital and was pronounced dead just before 5 p.m.