A shooting after a Pee-Wee football game at Columbia Playground has left one non-student in critical condition at Temple University Hospital Saturday evening.
Around 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5., an altercation arose at the playground on 11th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Acting Executive DIrector of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said. A 19-year-old man was shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the buttocks, and was transported to TUH.
Leone said a male and female suspect were observed running into a vehicle last seen driving north on 11th Street.
Leone said police did not have a description on either suspect or the vehicle.
Temple police issued an advisory at 6:12 p.m. warning students to avoid the area.