16-year-old boy killed in Oxford Circle shooting
The shooters fired more than 50 times as they chased the teen for about 200 feet before he collapsed in a driveway, police said.
A 16-year-old boy was killed Tuesday afternoon by several assailants who fired more than 50 shots while chasing the teen in the city’s Oxford Circle section, police said.
Police later identified the teen as Jamil Wyatt.
Shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting on the 1200 block of Van Kirk Street and found Wyatt lying on the ground in a rear driveway, said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
Wyatt was taken by police to Jefferson Frankford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:39 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso.
The crime scene along the driveway consisted of more than 50 spent shell casings spanning about 200 feet up to the point where the teen collapsed, Small said.
Private surveillance video shows three pursuers all apparently firing guns as they chased the victim, Small said. When Wyatt fell, two of the shooters stood over him and continued firing.
The assailants were last seen fleeing in a white vehicle, possibly a sedan, with tinted windows, Small said.
Wyatt was recently staying at a residence in the neighborhood, Small said.
Later Tuesday night, another teen was hospitalized in stable but critical condition after being shot in the neck in the city’s Logan section.
Police said a 15-year-old girl was outside about 8:20 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Loudon Street when she was shot.
She was taken to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital.
Police reported no arrests in that case.