PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition at the hospital after he was shot in the head on a SEPTA subway platform in Center City Thursday night.
It happened at the 15th Street Station along the Market-Frankford Line around 9:30 p.m.
Investigators are still combing through surveillance video. They say it shows the shooter and victim had some sort of interaction at the City Hall Station on the Broad Street Line. They then walked over to the 15th Street Station, and that’s where the shooting happened.
SEPTA Police Chief Charles Lawson says there didn't appear to be any apparent dispute between the two.
"They didn't enter together and we haven't found an interaction between the two yet, prior to the shots ringing out."
What Lawson does know is that the presence of police did not stop the shooting.
He says there were three transit police officers on the platform when the shooting occurred.
An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old have been arrested, according to Philadelphia police. Lawson says both of them have criminal histories. One was arrested on weapons charges two years ago and then again for using a stolen car last year.