UPDATE: April 7, 9:27 a.m.
The 13-year-old boy, identified as Turay Thompson, died from his injuries Wednesday evening.
Original story follows:
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 13-year-old boy was said to be in extremely critical condition Tuesday after he was shot in the head while sitting in his mother’s car in West Philadelphia.
Around 8:30 Monday night, near 49th and Hoopes streets, the boy started the car for his mother, something he typically does.
While waiting alone in the car, someone or several people fired multiple shots.
“We know we got at least 15 shots into the car, all directed at the passenger side of the car,” said Capt. John Walker. Officials said Tuesday afternoon that 18 shots were fired into the car.
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The boy was shot at least once in the head.
Just hours earlier, another teen was shot in a separate shooting near Temple University in North Philadelphia. A 15-year-old was walking home from school, just two blocks away, when he was ambushed, police say. At least 20 shots were fired, and the boy died at the hospital.
No arrest was initially made in either shooting.
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Speaking at a career week event Tuesday morning at Kensington Health Sciences Academy, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the solution to the gun violence crisis starts with consequences for those who resort to firing guns.
“This goes beyond law enforcement, but for law enforcement, there must be accountability for those who are shooting people, especially our children,” he said. “It’s absolutely unacceptable. Children deserve — everyone deserves, but especially our children — to feel safe when they leave their school.”
Shapiro said it’s also essential to address poverty and the lack of opportunity.
“Government needs to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” he added. “I am sick and tired of the excuse from some that, ‘Well, we can’t have a law enforcement response until we deal with these other underlying things.’”