2-year-old injured in Philadelphia triple shooting
No arrests have been made, and police said the only description they have is that the shooter was driving in a white sedan.
A toddler was among those injured in a North Philadelphia shooting Monday night, according to police.
The 2-year-old, the child’s 34-year-old mother, and a 30-year-old man were grazed by gunfire around the intersection of Gratz and Dauphin Streets just after 9:30 p.m. Officials say all three are in stable condition at Temple University Hospital.
“Its a very upsetting scene, but thankfully we are glad that all three are going to be okay,” Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Krista Dahl-Campbell told reporters.
Police didn’t find out about the shooting until the three were admitted into the hospital. None of the victims has been identified, and it remains unclear what led to the shooting.
6ABC reported that Tuesday is the child’s third birthday.
“We don’t know if any of the three were the intended target,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told NBC10. The toddler was certainly not believed to be the target, he said.
No arrests have been made, and officials said the only description they have is that the shooter was driving in a white sedan.
There have been nearly 600 shooting victims so far this year, 118 fatal, according to data from the city controller’s office. Ten percent of all shooting victims have been children under age 18.