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by Andrew Kitchenman Published Sept. 14, 2025, 9:24 a.m. ET

Two children were shot in separate incidents in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday evening, police said.

In one incident, a girl was struck by gunfire at the Fox Chase Recreation Center on Ridgeway Street shortly before 8:30 p.m., police said. Police did not provide her age. Medics took the girl to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where she was in stable condition, police said.

Police did not know the shooter’s motive and had not made an arrest when police announced the shooting Saturday night.

The other shooting happened around 7:05 p.m., near the 800 block of Brill Street, near Summerdale Avenue and Brid

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