CHESTER - Authorities say a 13-year-old has died after he was shot multiple times Sunday afternoon in Chester.
Officers responded to the area of 20th Street and Potter Street just before 2:30 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Police say a 13-year-old victim was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the backyard of a home on the 400 block of East 20th Street.
Witnesses told police that the teenage victim was running away from at least one shooter through the backyards of homes in the area.
Police say the boy was shot multiple times in the abdomen and once around the head. The shooter allegedly retreated to a black 2007 Acura RDX with Delaware tags.