Crime & Safety
3-Year-Old Shot In Face Sunday Evening In Philadelphia: Reports
A Good Samaritan saw the mother panicking, called 911, then drove the mother and child to a fire station where the child is stable.
PHILADELPHIA — A 3-year-old child was shot in the face Sunday evening in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood.
According to Fox 29, the shooting occurred at about 5 p.m. on the 1500 block of Taney Street.
A 23-year-old woman was walking and carrying her 3-year-old child when she heard gunshots and ran from the area, Action News reports.
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The woman looked down and noticed her child had been shot in the cheek, according to NBC10.
A Good Samaritan saw the mother panicking, called 911, then drove the mother and child to a fire station, reports state.
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The child is in stable condition, and police are looking for at least two men in connection with the shooting.
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