PHILADELPHIA, PA—A distressing incident occurred in Northeast Philadelphia where a baby boy was shot in the leg. The event unfolded just before 6 p.m. on Thursday on the 4000 block of Meridian Street in the Holmesburg section, according to local police.
Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, speaking to NBC10, detailed that the seven-month-old was with his parents when a woman approached and opened fire. Surveillance footage released by the police shows the woman shooting multiple times at the family, who were pushing the baby in a stroller. The parents ran from the scene, while the shooter walked away.
The baby was initially transported to a hospital by private vehicle and later moved to a second hospital by police. He is now reported to be in stable condition.
Remarkably, no other injuries were reported from the incident.
Authorities noted that the parents were absent when police first arrived, taking about an hour to locate them a few blocks away. Police also secured two separate scenes related to the shooting, one on Meridian Street and another at 7700 Frankford Avenue, where two shell casings were recovered.
