12-year-old boy shot in the leg in Kingsessing
Police transported the boy to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was listed in stable condition.
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot in the leg Monday afternoon in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, police said.
Around 3:30 p.m., police responded to a reported shooting on the 5700 block of Kingsessing Avenue and found the boy with a gunshot wound to his right leg.
Police transported the boy to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The shooting scene appeared to be inside the kitchen of a house on the block.
Police said three adults were being detained as part of the investigation.
No gun was immediately found at the scene, police said.
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