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2 students shot in Philly school gym; 2 boys held UPDATE

police on the scene of Friday's school shooting in Philadelphia
Police on the scene of Friday’s school shooting in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Police on the scene of the scene of Friday's school shooting
Philadelphia Police make arrest in Fridays’s shooting

7 p.m.  UPDATE(AP) — One of two teenagers wounded in a Philadelphia school shooting is out of the hospital, and another boy who police suspect was involved has turned himself in.

The shooting happened in the gym of the Delaware Valley Charter High School in north Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.

A girl and a boy each suffered a gunshot wound to an arm. Police say the girl was discharged from a hospital Friday night. The boy is in stable condition.

Investigators believe as many as three boys may have been involved in the shooting.

They captured one boy at his home shortly after the shooting. They say a second boy turned himself in with his family Friday night.

Police are trying to determine whether the shooting was accidental or intentional.

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says a “breakdown in security” allowed the gun into the school.

 

2:55 p.m. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say they’ve captured a boy who shot two students at a Philadelphia high school gym.

They say the shooting happened at the Delaware Valley Charter School in north Philadelphia on Friday afternoon.

Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says the shooter “was captured not too far from his home” but the gun hasn’t been recovered. He says it’s unclear if the shooting was accidental or intentional.

Authorities say a male student and a female student were shot. Each student was shot in an arm.

The students have been taken to a hospital near the school. Police say they’re in stable condition.

A spokesman for the school district hasn’t responded to a call seeking comment.

It’s the second U.S. school shooting this week. Authorities say a seventh-grader opened fire Tuesday in a New Mexico middle school gym, wounding two classmates.

 

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