A 13-year-old boy got shot in the head on Saturday which left the boy in the hospital in critical condition.
On Sunday evening following in which a shooting occurred that left an unidentified 13-year-old boy was shot in the head and remained in critical condition, the police arrested two people Elijah Simmons, 19, and Caresa McFarland, 32.
In the incident, which happened on Saturday, both Elijah Simmons and Caresa McFarlane has arrested and faced different charges in connection to the shooting. The boy who got shot in the head could be the victim of a shooting that occurred on Saturday, police said.
This could have been connected to a carjacking that reportedly happened at the same time, but police have not provided additional details.
On Sunday Philadelphia police officers reported a fatal drive-by shooting incident, the officers retaliated by shooting at them back although the suspects escaped the scene.
The two officers witnessed three suspects in an SUV repeatedly and fatally shot a 31-year-old man, the police officers were investigating an unrelated homicide. The victim was hit at least 15 times and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Philadelphia officers said.
“It appears that the vehicle that the shooters were in was struck by gunfire,” Inspector D.F. Pace said in a statement, “It’s unclear at this time, however, if anyone in that vehicle was struck by gunfire from discharging police officers”. He added.
