2 students shot in gym at Philadelphia school

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA

A boy and a girl hanging out with a group of fellow students in a high school gym were shot and wounded Friday afternoon, police said.

One boy originally thought to have been involved in the shooting was captured near his home but was questioned and cleared Friday night, police said. A second boy turned himself in with his family, and a third was being sought.

The shooting happened at the Delaware Valley Charter High School in north Philadelphia around 3 p.m., authorities said.

Surveillance video shows a group of about seven students hanging around in the gym when the shooting happened, police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. It was unclear if the shooting was accidental or intentional, but it “doesn’t look like an active-shooter type of situation,” he said.

The wounded boy and girl each were shot in an arm, but it was unclear whether one or two shots were fired, Ramsey said. The wounded students, 15 years old, were taken to a hospital near the school, police said. The girl was discharged Friday night, and the boy was listed in stable condition.

The gun used in the shooting hadn’t been recovered, Ramsey said.

“We have not found a gun, but there’s two, perhaps three, youngsters that were together,” Ramsey said. “We’re not sure which one fired.”