15-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head By Stray Gunfire At Jerome Brown Playground In Tioga, Philadelphia Police Say

Philadelphia PA

18 August, 2021

12:31 PM

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CBS Philadelphia August 18, 2021 Police say a teen girl was shot on a basketball court in Philadelphia's Tioga section Tuesday night. It happened at the Jerome Brown Playground at 20th and West Ontario Streets just before 9 p.m. Police say the 15-year-old girl was just doing what she loved, at one of her regular spots, when the latest round of gun violence found her. The teen was just shooting hoops – in clear view of surveillance cameras – when police say she was hit by stray gunfire. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.