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Police investigating fatal shooting of 12-year-old

Police are continuing to investigate a shooting that claimed the life of a 12-year-old Frankford boy.

The incident took place in the doorway of a home on the 5000 block of Ditman St. at 2:52 a.m. on Sunday.

The boy was shot once in the forehead and pronounced dead by Medic 32 at 3:02 a.m.

No arrest has been made, and no weapon recovered. ••

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