Police investigating after 14-year-old boy shot in back at home in North Philadelphia
Detectives are trying to determine if the shooting of a 14-year-old boy in North Philadelphia was accidental.
It happened on West Lehigh Avenue, near 16th Street, just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
Police say the bullet struck the teen in the back.
Officers rushed him to the hospital, where he is in stable condition.
Investigators say other juveniles were inside the home at the time, and that the teenager who was shot did not live there.
Police are waiting for a search warrant to go into the home.
