A teenage girl was shot multiple times and killed in East Mount Airy Friday night, but investigators don't think she was the target. HMonroeNews reports.
The teen was sitting in a white Toyota along with three other people, according to police, when she was shot once in the head and twice in the chest. A large black SUV pulled up next to the car and opened fire, police say.She was rushed to Chestnut Hill Hospital, where police said she was pronounced dead at 9 p.m.Investigators do not believe she was the target.“We believe that there was someone else in the vehicle who was actually the target of the shooters,” Inspector D.F. Pace said.
So far in 2022, there have been 22 homicides in Philadelphia, which is 29% higher than this time last year.
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