14-year-old, 16-year-old shot in Kingsessing

Two teenagers were injured after gunfire rang out in Philadelphia's Kingsessing section.Police say a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head. He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he's listed in critical condition.

A 14-year-old boy was shot once in the side of his body. He was taken to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and is in critical but stable condition.Seventh grader Delianny Rodriguez lives nearby and is wiser than most, having heard one too many shootings for someone her age. "I was feeling scared. I was feeling like the same thing was going to happen to me one day because you never know when you have to go," she said."The shooters were clearly in a car. We believe they got out, shot and returned to the car and fled the scene," said Philadelphia Police Captain John Walker."Parents of these kids have to have tougher conversations about what a gun is and what a gun means.

But … But … everyone said ENOUGH after the Roxborough High mass shooting. Where are all the “violence interrupters” that DA_LarryKrasner hired?

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