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3-Year-Old Shot in Head Inside South Philadelphia Apartment

Detectives are investigating how the toddler accessed a firearm.

Overview

  • A 3-year-old boy was shot in the head inside a Philadelphia Housing Authority apartment in South Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
  • Family members drove the child to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was listed in critical condition and undergoing surgery.
  • Officers followed a trail of blood to a unit on South 26th Street in the Grays Ferry neighborhood.
  • At the scene, investigators recovered a gun magazine, but they did not find the firearm.
  • Police identified five people inside the apartment and took three in for questioning after conflicting accounts, and they say the shooting may have been self-inflicted.