A 16-year-old boy was injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in the 4700 block of Tackawanna Street, near Margaret Street. When officers arrived, they found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck, police said.
According to officials, the victim was transported to Temple University Hospital’s Main Campus, where he was listed in stable condition.
Around 1:50 p.m., SkyForce10 flew over the scene on Tackawanna Street, where several officers were gathered and the apartment complex was cordoned off with police tape.
Police recovered one spent shell casing at the scene and collected an electric scooter as evidence.
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A witness told NBC10 he saw a group of young people gathered in the area before hearing the gunshot.
“Me and this other guy were unloading this forklift here and I hear one real loud shot and we’re like, ‘What is that?’ and then we look around and we saw a kid running the other way over here. We kept working, but we kept looking around,” Andrew said.
No arrests have been made, and the motive remains unknown.
Anyone with any information on the incident is urged to contact the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-TIPS (8477) or anonymously online here.