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14-year-old boy killed and 4 other teens wounded in a shooting after a football scrimmage at Philadelphia high school
Police at the scene of a shooting on Pechin Street behind Roxborough High School on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Philadelphia. - Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

14-year-old boy killed and 4 other teens wounded in a shooting after a football scrimmage at Philadelphia high school

PHILADELPHIA — A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other teens wounded in a shooting after a football scrimmage outside Roxborough High School late Tuesday afternoon, police said, marking the 23rd shooting death of a child this year as Philadelphia continues to face a surge in gun violence. Just after 4:40 p.m., Roxborough High junior varsity football players had left the field and were headed to their locker room when four shooters who had been waiting in a car parked outside the field jumped out and shot a volley of bullets toward the group of boys, police said. A 14-year-old was shot in t...

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