Quadruple Drive-By Shooting Injures Teens In North Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – Two teenagers were among four people injured in a quadruple drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in North Philadelphia, police said.

Two 13-year-old boys, as well as a 52-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, were injured in the shooting that occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 2400 block of Ridge Avenue, police said.

Police were called to the area for a report of a person with a gun and a shooting.

When officers arrived, they found the 52 year old shot in the upper area of his back. Police said he was rushed to Temple University Hospital in critical condition.

The 22-year-old man came to the hospital himself with gunshot wounds to his back, right leg and right shoulder. He is in stable condition, police said.

While at the hospital, two 13-year-old boys were brought in to the hospital. One had a gunshot wound on his lower right leg, as well as a fracture, and the other had a bullet graze wound on his right leg, police said. Both are in stable condition.

Police told CBS Philadelphia they believe the shooting was a drive by and that the suspect fired from the passenger’s side of a vehicle.

No arrests have been made.

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