Overview
- A 20-year-old woman was shot in the abdomen and a 19-year-old man was struck in the arm and abdomen, leaving both in critical condition at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
- The pair arrived at the hospital in a private vehicle, and the person who dropped them off fled, according to police.
- Officers received reports of gunfire around 8:30 p.m. near 21st and Jackson streets and then located a related scene on the 2100 block of South Norwood Street.
- Investigators recovered 14 spent shell casings on Norwood Street but found no blood and remain uncertain that is where the victims were shot.
- Detectives are reviewing nearby cameras and have not interviewed the victims because they are in surgery, with no other gunfire reports or homes struck at that time.