Boy dies in Tioga-Nicetown restaurant shooting; suspects sought

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
TIOGA-NICETOWN (WPVI) -- A 13-year-old boy has died after he was shot in the head inside a Chinese takeout restaurant.
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Police have released surveillance pictures of the suspects being sought in the shooting of a teenager in Philadelphia's Tioga-Nicetown section.

The incident happened around 10:35 p.m. Friday at the Gold Fish restaurant on the 2000 block of West Hunting Park Avenue.

Police say Khiseer Davis-Papther was sitting with three friends when two other male teens entered the restaurant.

Those teens began a conversation with the victim. And then all of a sudden, police say, one of the males pulled out a gun and fired a shot to the victim's head.

The suspects then fled southbound on 20th Street.



Medics rushed Khiseer to Temple University Hospital for treatment.

But he died days later from his injuries.
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Police say the incident was caught on camera.

Investigators are talking to witnesses about the shooting.

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