Crime & Safety
Calls For Increased SEPTA Transit Police Presence After 19-Year-Old Shot Multiple Times On Market-Frankford Subway Platform
The shooting is one of several violent attacks on SEPTA in recent months with calls for SEPTA to increase its police presence.
July 15, 2022
A 19-year-old man was shot multiple times on a SEPTA subway platform in Center City on Thursday afternoon, police say. The shooting happened at the Market-Frankford Line’s 15th Street Station, a place where thousands of people travel throughout the city, just before 12:30 p.m.
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The shooting is one of several violent attacks on SEPTA in recent months and there are growing calls for SEPTA to increase its police presence.
“It was scary,” SEPTA passenger Scott Clearfield said.
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