A 51-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after she was shot following an argument near a school and playground in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to police.

The shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday at 17th and Mount Vernon streets, near Roberto Clemente Park and the Laura W. Waring School, the Philadelphia Police Department said.

The woman was shot at 17th and Mount Vernon after what investigators preliminarily believe stemmed from an argument between a man, another woman and a man. It's unclear how they knew each other, but police believe they have some type of relationship.

Police said the victim managed to make her way two blocks away to 18th and Green streets after she was shot, where she was then taken to a local hospital with a g

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