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Originally posted by AGDee
I assumed he was choked by his collar.
I found it a little odd that they said he showed no signs of depression. Now, they don't say WHY the grandparents are guardians, but in most cases that I've seen, it's usually due to abuse, death of the parents or abandonment. In these situations, most kids are going to have some emotional issues surrounding it. Kids don't always show depression in the same way that adults would.
Very sad story. 
Dee
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We are talking about Philadelphia. The parents are most likely Democrats and they probably abandoned the kid.
Yesterday a 7 year old was shot in front of a library. The target was his stepdad. His stepdad jumped in a van and fled after the shooting and left the kid bleeding in the street.
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Child Still Critical After Shooting Near Library
Police Seeking Stepfather
POSTED: 3:39 pm EDT April 27, 2005
UPDATED: 12:07 pm EDT April 28, 2005
PHILADELPHIA -- A 7-year-old rushed to the hospital Wednesday after he was shot in front of a library is still in critical but stable condition on Thursday.
Video: Boy Shot Leaving School
Slideshow: Images From The Shooting Scene
Police are actively looking for the boy's stepfather, who they believe was the intended victim and also fled the shooting scene.
Jerran Parks, 7, was hit several times. Parks was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and transferred to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Parks had surgery Wednesday night. Surgeons were unable to remove the bullets.
"The intended victim was not the child, the intended victim appeared to be this child's stepfather. Unfortunately, the stepfather just took off, left his child there," said Sylvester Johnson, Philadelphia's police commissioner.
The shooting took place near the Oak Lane Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, across from Ellwood Elementary School.
Authorities said that shortly after 3 p.m., just as school was letting out, the boy was shot in the head and in his side as he stood with his stepfather.
Witnesses were horrified by what they saw.
"The shots are ringing out, so I froze, and I'm looking to see where the shots are coming from, and then I see the kid and he goes right down," said Larry Cooley, a witness.
Another witness, who did not want to be identified, said she was walking near the library when she heard several shots and saw the child's stepfather react.
"The guy in the black, he shot the kid. The father acted, like, boom, he just started chasing him, got in his car and chased him. The guy who did it was on foot and the father was chasing him in the car," the witness said.
The witness went on to say that the stepfather attempted to take off in a van, which police found a few blocks away.
Police said they are looking for two gunmen and the stepfather. They described the shooter as being 5 feet 9 inches tall, and an African-American male.
School officials said no other children were hurt.
The Citizen's Crime Commission is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the shooter.
"School will be open Thursday, but you can bet there will be increased security around the school," said Vincent Thompson, of the Philadelphia School District.
A local minister in the area said this is the third major crime to occur within a five-block radius within a week. Over the weekend a 12-year-old boy was shot in the stomach and Tuesday at Pennypacker Elementary School a boy was found hanging in a coatroom.
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