Two teenagers, 15 and 17, in critical condition after shooting incidents in Philadelphia
The incidents occurred with three hours of each other, police said.
Two teenagers were critically wounded in separate shooting incidents that occurred within three hours of each other Saturday afternoon, Philadelphia police said.
Shortly after 4 p.m., a 15-year-old boy was shot in the face at 40th and Cambridge Streets and was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, police said.
Earlier, around 1:20 p.m., a 17-year-old was taken to Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia after he was shot three times in the 1300 block of East Price Street, in East Germantown.
Police Saturday night said that both were in critical condition.
Also wounded in the Price Street shooting was an 18-year-old male, who was in stable condition at Tower Health Chestnut Hill Hospital according to police.
At least two other shooting incidents were reported Saturday night, one in the 2000 block of North 11th Street, in North Philadelphia, in which two men were wounded and taken to Temple University Hospital, where they were in stable condition, police said.
In the other, an 18-year-old was shot in the leg in the 700 block of North 38th Street and entered Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on his own power, police said.
Police said that no arrests had been made, nor had any weapons been recovered. The shootings remained under investigation.