Police: Man, 61, in critical condition after stray bullet goes through window, strikes him in Tioga
TIOGA - Gunshots fired from outside a house in Philadelphia’s Tioga neighborhood hit a 61-year-old man, leaving him in critical condition.
Officials said the man was inside a house on the 3700 block of North 15th Street Sunday night, about 9:30 p.m. when the shooting happened outside the home and a bullet went through his window.
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Responding officers found the man shot in the right hip and on the left side of his chest, authorities say.
He was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was placed in critical condition, according to officials.
Police are investigating the shooting. No weapons have been found and no arrests have been made.
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