Would-be robbers on dirt bikes chase down, shoot teenage delivery driver

A teen likely making deliveries on a motorized scooter crashed in South Philadelphia after being hunted down and shot by a group of people on dirt bikes, police saidA group of people on dirt bikes hunted down a teenager believed to be using his scooter to make deliveries in Philadelphia early Wednesday morning.

Police arrived to South 10th and Federal streets just before 12:30 a.m. to find a 17-year-old suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg next to his crashed scooter, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said. Officers rushed the boy to a hospital where he was being treated in stable condition.

The victim doesn't speak English, but witnesses helped investigators sort out what happened, Small said.The incident began around 12:30 a.m. at 10th and South streets when a group of about eight men on at least four ATVs tried to rob the teen who was using a motorized scooter, Small said. The boy was possibly just wrapping up his shift.

The guys on the dirt bikes"chased the 17-year-old who was on the motorized scooter" about 10 blocks, where they shot the teenage delivery driver, Small said. The boy continued driving for about 100 feet before he crashed his scooter into a parked car, Small said. That's where police officers found him.

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