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Two Teens Arrested After 16-Year-Old Shot In Head At SEPTA Station: Police (UPDATED) Two Teens Arrested After 16-Year-Old Shot In Head At SEPTA Station: Police (UPDATED)
Two Teens Arrested After 16-Year-Old Shot In Head At SEPTA Station: Police (Updated) (Note: This story has been updated with new information from Philadelphia police.) One teenager is in critical condition and two others are in custody after shots rang out at a SEPTA station in Center City Philadelphia Thursday night, Jan. 11, police told Daily Voice.  The 16-year-old victim was hit once in the head on the westbound platform of the 15th Street Station around 9:30 p.m., according to PPD. He was taken to Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition, police said.  Officers heard the shots and arrested two teenage suspects at the scene, police said. A weapon w…

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by Mac Bullock
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Pedestrian Killed By Train In Philadelphia: SEPTA Pedestrian Killed By Train In Philadelphia: SEPTA
Pedestrian Killed By Train In Philadelphia: SEPTA A SEPTA train hit and killed a pedestrian in Philadelphia Wednesday, March 1, transportation authorities told Daily Voice.  It happened at about 1:15 p.m., SEPTA said. A person on the tracks near 30th Street was struck by a Market-Frankford Line train, and was later pronounced dead at the scene, they added.  SEPTA officials said Wednesday afternoon that the matter "appears to be a suicide." Due to the accident, trolleys are not operating in the tunnel and are being diverted to 40th Street, transit authorities said. Shuttle buses are in operation taking passengers from 15th Street to 40th …

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by Mac Bullock