Democratic-run Philadelphia: 3-Year-Old Girl Killed, 3 Others Shot Along Grays Ferry Street

8/2/2014

A 3-year-old girl is dead after she was shot by a stray bullet in the Grays Ferry section of the city. At least 3 others are injured.

A 3-year-old girl, shot as she sat on her front porch, has died after a man opened fire along a Philadelphia street following an argument. Three others were also hit by gunfire.

Gunshots rang out around 9:40 p.m. on Friday along the 1500 block of S. Etting Street near 27th Street in the Grays Ferry section of the city, police said.

Philadelphia Police Capt. Michael Gormley said two men began arguing along the block when one pulled out a gun and started firing.

A stray bullet hit the girl in the left side of her chest, Gormley said. Witnesses tell NBC10.com that the girl was getting her hair done when she was struck.

Officers arriving on the scene put her in a patrol car and rushed her to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, officials said. But despite trauma doctor's efforts, she was pronounced dead at 10:21 p.m.

Three other people were also hit by the gunfire, police said. The other man involved in the argument was shot in the head. He was rushed by officers to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, police said. He remains there in critical condition.

Two other women, who Gormley says were bystanders, were grazed by bullets. One in the left leg and another in the right arm. They were both also taken to HUP.

Witnesses say the shooter fled the scene on his bicycle. Police have taken a person of interest into custody near the scene, but have not identified him as a suspect.

A large number of police remain on the scene as they collect evidence. 

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