Two teens wounded in separate city shootings
A 15-year-old boy was shot three times in his legs in South Philadelphia.
Two teen boys were hospitalized in stable condition after being injured in separate city shootings Thursday night, police said.
Just before 9:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia, a 15-year-old boy was shot in both legs — wounded once in the left leg and twice in the right. He was taken by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. No arrest was reported.
Just after 8:20 p.m. in the 1500 block of Benner Street in Oxford Circle, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the left shoulder. He was taken by police to Einstein Medical Center. One male suspect was in custody, police said.
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