North Philly teen killed in shooting was a student athlete who had the highest SAT score at Samuel Fels
Another teen, an 18-year-old whom police did not identify, was fatally shot hours earlier on the 6100 block of Vine Street, police said.
A 17-year-old who had recently scored the highest in his school on the SATs was shot to death as he was getting ready to go to school Tuesday morning, one of two teens killed hours apart in the city.
Noah Scurry, a student at Samuel Fels High School, was ambushed in the driveway of his home on Rorer Street, said Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.
At 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a shooting and found Scurry with gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, Vanore said. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead less than a half-hour later, at 7:37 a.m.
There were at least 20 shell casings at the scene of the shooting, which Vanore said appeared to be a targeted attack. Police are searching the area for surveillance footage of the crime, he said. No weapon was recovered, he said, and no arrests have been made.
Scurry was a gifted student, principal Melissa Rasper said in a letter to the school community. He was on the high school basketball team, Rasper said, and after his death, the school canceled all basketball games for the week.
Less than 12 hours before the shooting of Scurry, around 7:30 p.m. Monday, an 18-year-old was shot multiple times on the 6100 block of Vine Street. The victim, whom police did not identify, was taken to Lankenau Medical Center, where he was initially placed in critical condition but died of his injuries at 12:30 a.m., according to Vanore.
He was struck by bullets from at least three weapons in what police said appeared also to be a targeted attack. Officers are searching for surveillance footage of a small, dark sedan that they believe the gunmen used as a getaway car, Vanore said.
No weapons were recovered, and no arrests have been made.
The shootings come at a time of declining gun violence in Philadelphia and across the country. As of Monday, there had been seven homicides in the city this year, down from 11 at the same time last year, according to police data.
Staff writer Ellie Rushing contributed to this article.