PHILADELPHIA - A young man has been hospitalized after he was shot and found by officers in a vacant lot in Philadelphia, police say.
According to authorities, just after 1 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to N Carlisle Street in the North Philadelphia section of the city for reports of a shooting.
Police rope off an area on N Carlisle Street after a man was found shot in the chest in a vacant lot. Officers found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest in a vacant lot, Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters.
Officials say he was conscious and rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was placed in critical condition. Investigators say 17 spent shell casings were recovered at the scene.