15-year-old gunned down walking home from North Philadelphia school

In accordance with police, the capturing occurred at about 2:40 p.m. within the 2200 block of N. fifteenth Avenue, close to Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey Public College.

The teenager, who was within the eighth grade, was shot 3 times whereas strolling house from college alongside fifteenth Avenue. Police consider he was focused.

“These individuals come up southbound and get him. Unsure if there’s one or two shooters, however there have been 20 pictures fired,” stated Captain John Walker with the Philadelphia Police Division.

Officers heard the gunshots and raced over, speeding the sufferer to an space hospital the place he died from his accidents.

“Irrespective of the place it occurs this can be a younger particular person, a younger man who had his entire life forward of him. So no matter the place these incidents are occurring, they should not be occurring,” stated Walker.

In accordance with sources, the sufferer and two different college students have been “beefing.” All three have been suspended quarter-hour earlier than the deadly capturing.

No weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made.

Anybody with data is requested to name police at 215-686-TIPS.

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