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Woman pulled from Mercedes and shot twice, Philly police say

The car keys were found at the scene. No arrests have been made.

(FOR USE AS DESIRED) Philadelphia Police Department crime tape.
(FOR USE AS DESIRED) Philadelphia Police Department crime tape.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

A 21-year-old woman has been hospitalized in stable condition after she was was pulled out of a car by four people in the city’s Olney section and shot twice, police said Sunday night.

Police said the victim was sitting in her red Mercedes SUV at Clarkson Avenue and Ella Street when she was approached by two men and two women who removed her from the vehicle.

She was shot once in each thigh, police said, and was taken to Einstein Medical Center.

Police said the car keys were found at the scene, that no weapon had been recovered, and that no arrests had been made.

Police did not release the woman’s name.