Police: 15-year-old boy injured in Easter Sunday shooting

PHILADELPHIA » Police in Philadelphia are investigating a shooting that injured a 15-year-old boy on Easter Sunday.

WPVI-TV reports the shooting happened in west Philadelphia around 8 p.m. Police say the victim was shot in the backside.

The victim was taken to a local hospital where he’s listed in stable condition.

No arrests have been made. An investigation continues.

Police: Boy accidentally shoots himself with father’s gun

PHILADELPHIA » Authorities say a young boy accidentally shot and wounded himself with his father’s gun in their Philadelphia home.

The shooting occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities say the 4-year-old boy picked up the gun that had been left on a bed. He soon shot himself in the right leg.

The father took the boy to a hospital, where he remained in stable condition on Monday. But further information on his injuries has not been disclosed.

Authorities have not released the names of the child or his father. No other injuries were reported in the shooting.

No charges have been filed so far, but the shooting remains under investigation.

Pittsburgh soldier killed during WWII to be buried April 9

PITTSBURGH » Officials have announced that a soldier from Pittsburgh killed during World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

The Department of Defense said 19-year-old Marine Corps Private Edwin Jordan was killed on the first day of the battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands on Nov. 20, 1943.

Over several days of fighting, about 1,000 Marines and sailors were killed and more than 2,000 wounded in a major U.S. victory that provided the Navy’s Pacific fleet a platform from which to launch assaults on the Marshall and Caroline islands.

After the war, remains of those buried after the battle were recovered but Jordan’s remains weren’t among them. Using advanced investigative techniques, Jordan was accounted for Sept. 27 and will be buried April 9.