Teenage boy hit multiple times in drive-by shooting in South Philadelphia

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say a teenage boy is in critical condition after being hit multiple times in a drive-by shooting in South Philadelphia.

It happened before 12 a.m. Monday on Moore Street near South Hollywood Street.

Officers arrived to find the 17-year-old boy shot multiple times.

They put him a police cruiser and took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.

Witnesses told police they say a dark-color vehicle fleeing the scene after the gunfire erupted.

A teenage boy was in critical condition after being hit mulitple times in a drive-by shooting in South Philadelphia.

Investigators were checking for surveillance video that may have captured the incident.

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