Police: 16-year-old boy shot and killed, 2 others hospitalized after triple shooting in Frankford
FRANKFORD - A triple shooting has killed a 16-year-old boy, officials say.
The shooting happened Thursday night, about 6 p.m., on the 2000 block of Brill Street, in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood.
According to authorities, the 16-year-old was taken by a person in a private vehicle to a firehouse on the 4900 block of Magee Street. He was said to have been shot twice in the chest and once in the stomach.
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From the firehouse, medics rushed the young man to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where he died shortly after arriving.
A 42-year-old man was shot in the chest. Medics rushed him to Jefferson Torresdale where he is listed in critical condition.
A 35-year-old man was shot multiple times and also taken to Jefferson Torresdale, where he is stable.
15th District officers were investigating the shooting.
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