A 13-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Monday evening in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane section, police said.
A 13-year-old boy was fatally wounded in a shooting Monday evening in the city’s West Oak Lane section, police said.
The boy was rushed by police to Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:12 p.m., Small said. “Our city is once again reeling from the murder of a child — a thirteen-year-old boy in West Oak Lane whose life was stolen from him, robbed of his future dreams and aspirations, never to even graduate eighth grade. My heart breaks for all who knew and loved him: his family, his friends, his neighbors, the entire Wagner Middle School community; the impact of such a tragedy is measureless,” Jordan said.
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