September 19, 2024
Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice
A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot Wednesday in a North Philly home on the 2800 block of North Bailey Street. Police have not made any arrests.
A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot while visiting her friends in a North Philadelphia house Wednesday night, police said.
The girl, Alaysia Smith, was shot in the right side of her chest at 7:37 p.m. while she was on the second floor of a home on the 2800 block of North Bailey Street, police said. She was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at 8:02 p.m.
No arrests have been made and no weapons were found at the scene.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told CBS Philadelphia that Smith and her family members were visiting friends at the home. He said detectives interviewed adults who were at the home; Smith's family members were interviewed at the hospital.
Small told FOX29 that several teenage boys live in the home and that at least two of them were seen fleeing the house after the shooting. Police are looking at surveillance footage from private cameras on the block to see if anyone entered or exited the residence before and after the shooting.
Anyone with information on the shooting can contact the police department's homicide unit at (215) 686-3334 or call the police tipline at (215) 686-8477. There is a $20,000 reward for information that results in an arrest and conviction.
