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BREAKING NEWS: Teenage soccer player (14) is shot dead and three others injured after two drive-by gunmen opened fire during a high school game in suburban Philadelphia
- Five members of a high school soccer team have been injured in a shooting near a high school in suburban Philadelphia, local police said
- The shooting happened around 4:30 PM on Fairway Terrace near Roxborough High School, in the Roxborough suburb
- Police said at a news conference that three of the student victims were taken to nearby Einstein Medical Center and a fourth to Temple University Hospital.
- The three rushed to Einstein are said to be in stable condition
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A drive-by-style shot outside a Philadelphia suburb While in high school, five members of a high school soccer team were shot, police said, with one teenager eventually succumbing to his injuries.
The shooting took place after a football game near Roxborough High School around 4:30 p.m., in the suburb of Roxborough, police officers said Tuesday after cordoning off the area around the busy crime scene on Tuesday.
Investigators say the five football players were walking off the school’s soccer field when two gunmen opened fire from a Ford Explorer.
A 14-year-old male victim was shot and later died of his injuries, according to police, along with two other boys, ages 14 and 17, also shot and rushed to nearby Einstein Medical Center. in stable condition.
A fourth player suffered a scrape, according to police.
The condition of the fifth victim, who was taken to Temple University hospital in the capital, has not been released.
An arrest has yet to be made.
Four students as members of a school soccer team were injured in a shooting near a high school in suburban Philadelphia, local police said Tuesday.
The shooting happened around 4:30 PM on Fairway Terrace near Roxborough High School, in the Roxborough suburb
Local new stations streamed helicopter footage of officers cordoning off the school’s area as a victim was placed in a police car and drove away from the school’s parking lot
Speaking to the public on Tuesday, the lawyers confirmed that all the teenage victims were members of a high school soccer team. However, police have yet to explicitly confirm whether the students attended Roxborough or a rival school.
The scrimmage reportedly involved three schools in the Philadelphia area: Roxborough, Northeast High School and Boys Latin Charter School.
Police first arrived at the site of the apparent drive-by around 4:30 p.m. and responded to reports of gunfire on the 6400 block of Ridge Avenue, where the school is located.
Local new stations streamed helicopter footage of officers cordoning off the school area, when a victim was placed in a police car and drove away from the school parking lot.
There was blood on the sidewalk and the asphalt nearby.
Police continue to search for the two gunmen, who were able to escape in the Ford SUV, witnesses said.
Police raided the school around 4:30 p.m. (pictured) and responded to reports of shots fired at the 6400 block of Ridge Avenue, where the school is located.
Investigators marked bullet casings in chalk along Pechin Street near Fairway Terrace, a street behind the suburban high school, as well as
Investigators marked bullet casings in chalk along Pechin Street near Fairway Terrace, a street behind the suburban high school.
An arrest has yet to be made in the mass shooting, lawyers said Tuesday, who have yet to shed light on a possible motive for the as-yet-unidentified perpetrator.