Police: 2 people shot near Temple University Campus

Captain Brian Hartzell tells Action News that about one hundred people were on the streets when the gunshots rang out.

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Saturday, September 17, 2022
Police: 2 people shot near Temple University Campus Saturday morning
A shooting near Temple University campus sent two people to the hospital Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A shooting near Temple University campus sent two people to the hospital.

Police say it happened around 1 a.m. Saturday on North 16th and Cecil B Moore Avenue.

Two men were shot, one in the foot and one in the arm.

They are expected to be okay.

Action News was told that the victims were not Temple students.

The shooter was arrested and a weapon was recovered.

Captain Brian Hartzell tells Action News that this was a "particularly scary incident" because there were about one hundred people out on the streets when the gunshots rang out.

This is an on-going investigation.