Teen shot, ditched by friends in Olney
An off-duty police officer approached three men who were carrying a 17-year-old shooting victim in Olney and they dropped the teen to the ground, then ran into a nearby house, police said. So much for brotherly love.
Teen shot, ditched by friends in Olney
As an off-duty police officer approached three men who were carrying a 17-year-old shooting victim in Olney, they dropped the teen to the ground - then ran into a nearby house, police said.
So much for brotherly love.
The off-duty officer called to report gunshots in the area of 2nd Street near Linton around 8:45 p.m. and eventually found the victim along with three other men, police said.
After dropping the teen to the ground, the trio ran into a house on Spencer Street near 2nd. The men who were carrying the victim are likely his friends and were not considered suspects Tuesday night, police said.
The house was being held for investigation, and the men were being interviewed by police in the Northwest Detective Division while the victim underwent surgery at the Albert Einstein Medical Center.
The teen was wounded once in his right thigh, and was listed in stable condition as of 10 p.m.
Police said the victim was initially uncooperative, and would not provide information on who shot him or why.
A description of the suspect was not immediately available.
No arrests were made.
There is some loyalty. Yet, if he took a pinch for something they did, he would be expected to show loyalty and not rat them out. Bunch of punks— clever- Another impressive application of the "no snitch" principal. Too, too bad.— BillMcG
- I can't believe this......I bet they were at the "hoodie march" That is horrible!!!— aswj
Comment removed.- The people who witness crimes and do nothing to assist the police have to shoulder some of the blame for the violence in their communities— gogglespaisano
- I told George Zimmerman it was a bad time to visit the city...— OlneyIrish
- Olney could use a guy like George Zimmerman.
— LeavePhillyNow - they were prob play russian roulette wit automatics and he was the 1st one up...smh..."dead mans curve" also comes into mind— popoff
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- Olney is now officially a part of the Badlands of Philly; as an Olney High graduate, and a former Zapf's Music Store employee, this is so sad to see...the city has deteriorated so badly, and it's a damn shame.— guitarman
- As the Animals sang in the sixties, we gotta get out of this place. But where do you go, if you stay, the ghetto becomes worse and worse. What a shame, what to do?— LJM
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- I wonder if they are just some good kids who never got into trouble.— AreaMan
