A home invasion robbery in Philadelphia ends with a 4-year-old boy being shot and killed, authorities said.
PHILADELPHIA — A home invasion robbery in Philadelphia early Thursday ended with a 4-year-old boy being shot and killed, authorities said.The officers were met by the boy’s father, who was on the ground floor and holding another child. The wounded boy was found in an upstairs room, but he was unresponsive and was pronounced dead a short time later at a hospital.
The father and the two young children were in the house when the home invasion occurred, authorities said, but the children’s mother was at work. The father and the younger child were not injured. It wasn’t immediately clear why the child was shot or if anything was taken in the robbery, authorities said.
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