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A shooting near Lincoln High School in Mayfair killed a 66-year-old man and critically wounded a teenager

The older victim was hit in the head by a stray bullet as he drove past and then crashed his car. Two people are in custody and police recovered a weapon at the scene.

Young students cross the street at the intersection of Ryan and Sackett Street where police have blocked Ryan Avenue near where a shooting occurred Monday afternoon, in Philadelphia, October 18, 2021. Two people -- a 65-year-old man and a 16-year-old male teenager -- were each shot in the head.
Young students cross the street at the intersection of Ryan and Sackett Street where police have blocked Ryan Avenue near where a shooting occurred Monday afternoon, in Philadelphia, October 18, 2021. Two people -- a 65-year-old man and a 16-year-old male teenager -- were each shot in the head.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff photographer
    by Anna Orso and Chris Palmer
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