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13-year-old girl fatally shot inside North Philly home

Police responding to the 2800 block of North Bailey Street found the girl shot in the chest in a third-floor bedroom. No gun was located at the scene.

Police investigate the scene at a home on the 2800 block of North Bailey Street, where a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
Police investigate the scene at a home on the 2800 block of North Bailey Street, where a 13-year-old girl was fatally shot on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.Read moreSteven M. Falk / Staff Photographer
    by Robert Moran
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A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot inside a home Wednesday night in North Philadelphia, police said.

Shortly after 7:30 p.m., police responding to a report of a shooting on the 2800 block of North Bailey Street found the girl on the second floor.

Police said she had been shot in the chest and no gun was located at the scene.

The girl was transported by police to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m.

No arrests were reported.