Teen football player killed, 4 injured after gunmen ambush players near Philadelphia school
The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 4700 block of Pechin Street just as a junior varsity football scrimmage ended between three schools: Roxborough High School, Northeast High School and Boys Latin Charter School.
The victim was ultimately shot, and while laying on the sidewalk, the shooter continued pulling the trigger, but the gun didn't fire. A fifth player, a 14-year-old male, suffered a graze wound to the right ankle and was treated at the scene.Sources tell 6abc that the 14-year-old who was killed was a student at nearby Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences. While the school doesn't have a football team, students are allowed to co-op and play with Roxborough High.
A $40,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible.Bud Rigner's ninth-grade son was in the middle of the gunfire as the shots rang out Tuesday.
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