One teen killed, another wounded in Southwest Philly double shooting

One victim was found on the 2300 block of South Ithan Street.

Police look for evidence where a teen was fatally shot and another wounded near the Deritis Playground in the 5600 block of Gray avenue in the 12th police district. Thursday May 13, 2021.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

Updated May 14, 2021, 10:18 a.m. ET

Published May 13, 2021, 8:17 p.m. ET

Two teens were wounded — one fatally — in a shooting Thursday evening in Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

Around 7:30 p.m., a 12th Police District officer on patrol found one of the victims, a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the chest, outside in the area of 57th Street and Grays Avenue, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. The officer rushed the teen to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was pronounced just before 8. He was later identified as Quamir Mitchell.

The second teen, 13, was taken by private vehicle to CHOP with a gunshot wound to his arm. He was listed in stable condition.

The shooting appeared to have occurred in or just outside the Deritis Playground, which has a basketball court.

Police said they had a suspect in custody. The victims, possibly related, lived together a few blocks from where they were shot, Small said.

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw later issued a statement: “Earlier tonight, yet another incident of senseless gun violence has taken the life of one teenager, and seriously injured another. The pain and trauma experienced in our communities is unimaginable, and we must not allow these tragedies to become our new normal. Our department will do everything in its power to bring justice to these victims and their families.”