PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – Philadelphia police have released information about a shooting that killed a 17-year-old boy in Germantown on Saturday afternoon.
The incident happened around 4:30 pm on the 300th quarter of East Ashmid Street.
When officers arrived, they found a 17-year-old man with a gunshot wound in the upper bedroom.
Police say a 9-year-old child was shot dead.
Investigators initially believed the 17-year-old accidentally shot himself.
But now it is said that the 9-year-old picked up a gun and pulled the trigger.
No further details have been released at this time.
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