Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

4 Philadelph­ia teens shot near high school

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Four students were injured in an apparent driveby shooting shortly after their Philadelph­ia high school let out early for the day late Wednesday morning, a city schools spokespers­on said.

City police said a 15-yearold girl was shot in the shoulder and thigh, a 15year-old girl was shot in the shoulder, a 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the face and a gunshot wound to the hand, and a 16year-old boy was shot in the leg. All four were getting hospital treatment and were in stable condition.

Police said no arrest has been made.

The shooting took place about a block from Overbrook High School in West Philadelph­ia, where school let out early because of parent-teacher conference­s, the district’s deputy chief of communicat­ions, Monique Braxton, said.

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