Fourteen-year-old Nicholas Elizalde was killed in a shooting on Tuesday at a high school football match, four other teens were injured. There were two shooters and police say they were “ambushed”.
Elizalde was shot in the chest and died at a hospital. “There is one family that their son won’t make it home today,” a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department said at a news conference.
Police have not yet arrested or publicly identified any suspects in the attack but said at least two shooters ambushed the students, firing more than 60 rounds. A motive is not yet known, and the investigation is ongoing.
The victims that were injured were all teenagers and their ages ranged from 14 to 17 years old. The victims had wounds on their legs, thigh, and ankle. They are all in stable condition.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney tweeted that there were “no words for what transpired” on Tuesday.
“Another young life has been cut short and others injured by needless violence,” he said. “Tonight, a family will begin to grapple with the loss of their loved one. My deepest condolences go out to them.”
One of the victim’s brothers, Alex Torres, made a statement about the shooting and heard that his little brother had been shot.
“He’s a good kid, so I don’t understand why this happened to him,” he said. “It’s scary for the kids to go to school. It’s scary for the kids to come outside. It’s just a war zone out here now.”
“My little brother’s 14, and just hearing he got shot was the worst feeling in the world,” Torres added in a CBS interview. “I mean, everybody’s always preaching that cops need to be at every school, but yet nothing happens. This ain’t the first school shooting — in Texas, other states, now Philadelphia. This shit just needs to end, honestly.”
Again, no arrests have been made as of yet. I’m sure the investigation is ongoing and hopefully, they will get some justice.
Source Buzzfeed News
