By Associated Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A 5-year-old girl and two teenagers were among the victims of gunfire overnight in Philadelphia, police said.

Police say the girl was shot twice in an arm and once in a hip in a north Philadelphia home shortly after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

She was taken to Temple University Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, police said. A weapon was recovered.

On a street in a different part of north Philadelphia, a 17-year-old youth was shot several times and a 15-year-old was shot twice shortly before 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Both were taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center in stable condition.

In another section of north Philadelphia, a 17-year-old girl was shot in the back at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. She was taken to Saint Christopher Hospital by private vehicle and listed in stable condition.

No arrests were immediately reported in any of the cases. Gunfire also wounded several other people around the city overnight.

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