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5 people shot in Ogontz, 2 miles away from yesterday’s mass shooting

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Five people were shot Thursday afternoon in the Ogontz section of North Philadelphia, just 24 hours after six police officers were shot in a gun battle that terrorized the Tioga neighborhood — on the very same street, just over 2 miles away.

Police crime lab investigators are on the scene among the chairs where shooting victims were seated outside at 15th and Conlyn Streets.
Police crime lab investigators are on the scene among the chairs where shooting victims were seated outside at 15th and Conlyn Streets.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
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