An 8-year-old boy was injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in Frankford, police said.
The child was in stable condition at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children following the incident, which occurred at around 12:45 p.m. on the 1800 block of Gillingham Street, according to authorities.
Police said the boy was found with a gunshot wound to his leg. The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not clear Monday.
Investigators recovered a gun from the scene; however, no one was immediately arrested.
