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A bloody night in Philadelphia left a 13-year-old boy dead after he was shot in the head and another man wounded after he was shot in the head while inside a car with a toddler, authorities said Monday night.
The boy was identified on Tuesday as Jeremiah Wilcox, Philadelphia police said. Wilcox was shot in the head and face just before 7 p.m. in the 6500 block of North Smedley Street.
Wilcox was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A second shooting victim was wounded in a separate incident that occurred just after 5 p.m.
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The 13-year-old boy who died after he was shot in the head and face was identified as Jeremiah Wilcox. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
Police found a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head sitting inside his Dodge Charger at Rising Sun Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, FOX29 Philadelphia reported, citing police.
The victim was conscious and told officers that he was parked along the 100 block of East Ruscomb Street when two men approached, opened the driver’s side door and fired at least once.
The 42-year-old man was in stable condition and the child was unharmed. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
Police said the shooting happened while the victim’s 3-year-old son was in the backseat.
The victim was rushed to a hospital in stable condition. The child was unharmed.
A 42-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to his head in a separate shooting while sitting inside his Dodge Charger at Rising Sun Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, police said. (FOX29 Philadelphia WTXF)
During the investigation, an 18-year-old man went to the hospital in a private vehicle and reported he had also been shot at Ruscomb Street and Rising Sun Avenue. He was treated and in stable condition.
No weapons recovered were recovered at either scene and police have yet to make any arrests.
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Authorities asked anyone with information about the shootings to contact police.
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