7-year-old girl shot while in backseat of car: Police

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Philadelphia police are investigating after a young child was shot while sitting in a car on Tuesday night.
Officers responded to Temple University Hospital around 7:18 p.m., where they found a 7-year-old girl suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm. She is listed in stable condition.
Police say the child was riding inside a Honda sedan with two adult family members when someone fired at least five shots along the 3000 block of North Marshall Street in North Philadelphia.
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New tonight, a 7-year-old is rushed to
the hospital after being shot twice
while riding in a car in North
Philadelphia. Police say the shooter
intentionally started shooting into that
vehicle. Action News reporter Leland
Pender joins us live outside of police
headquarters with the details. Leilen
>> Rick, that seven-year-old girl in the
hospital tonight in stable condition
after being shot in the arm.
Just before 7:30, police were notified a
seven-year-old girl had been driven to
Temple Hospital after being struck by
gunfire. Responding officers found the
shooting scene in a 300 block of North
Marshall Street in North Philadelphia,
where at least five shots were fired.
Three of them into the vehicle the child
was riding in as a backseat passenger.
Police say two adult family members were
also in the car. Police say the Honda
sedan was headed south on Marshall when
bullets came flying inside. Police
believe the vehicle was the intended
target.
>> It was struck three times by gunfire and
that's when family realized that the
seven-year-old in the vehicle was struck
by gunfire and they immediately they
drove right to Temple Hospital.
>> Police say there are several private
cameras in the area and they're working
to obtain that video. They say video
does show the shooter on foot.
Now, tonight, no arrests have been made
and no motive has been released why that
car was being targeted, but again,
thankfully that seven-year-old girl is
expected to survive. We're live here
outside police headquarters, Leland
Pender, Channel 6 Action News. Rick
>> Leland, thank
