Police: Man hospitalized after broad daylight shooting in West Philadelphia, local schools placed on lockdown
PHILADELPHIA - A man is in the hospital and several schools were placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon because of a shooting, according to Philadelphia police.
Authorities say a 32-year-old man was grazed on the right side of his head and shot once in the right shoulder on the 800 block of Markoe Street just before 12:30 p.m.
He was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in a private vehicle and placed in critical condition, police say.
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Alain Locke School, Parkway West High School and the Middle Years Alternative School were all placed on lockdown by school police at the time of the shooting.
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