PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say two teenage girls were shot when they tried to drive away from a group of young men Friday night in North Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police Captain John Walker told reporters that four teenage girls between ages of 16 and 17 were driving in a car near the intersection of Cecil B.
Moore Avenue and North Broad Street around 10 p.m. As they slowly drove down the street, Walker said the girls became engaged in a conversation with a group of young men standing on the corner.
Police believe at least four of the males approached the car and started to reach inside.Walker said when they tried to stop the girls from rolling up the windows a 16-year-old in the back passenger's seat pepper sprayed the group.