UPDATE: A 2-year-old girl, her mother, and 5 teenagers are all in stable condition following a shooting near a Philadelphia school:
The 2-year-old girl, her 31-year-old mother, two 16-year-old boys, a 15-year-old boy, a 13-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were at the intersection of 31st and Norris streets near the James G. Blaine School shortly before 6 p.m. when a gunman opened fire.
The 2-year-old girl was shot once in the left thigh, her mother was shot twice in the left thigh, one 16-year-old boy was shot once in the left arm, the other 16-year-old boy was shot in the right arm and left thigh, the 15-year-old boy was shot twice in the chest and the right side of his body, the 13-year-old boy was shot in the left hand, and the 17-year-old boy was grazed in the left thigh.
“We don’t believe that all of the victims at this point were intended targets,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.Mustafa Ali, a resident in the community, told NBC10 he spoke to one of the teens who was shot. “He’s fine,” Ali said. “He just wanted to get to his parents and I just looked like, 'There’s an ambulance right here. Get in the ambulance.' But for the most part, all this needs to stop.”
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