PHILADELPHIA - A high school community in Philadelphia is left heartbroken after a 14-year-old student was killed in an ambush shooting that injured four teens following a football scrimmage.
Nicholas Elizalde was remembered as a "special kid" by his aunt and uncle who returned to Roxborough High School to pick up a car they left their amid the chaos on Tuesday afternoon.Elizalde and another Saul student were among a group of teens who were leaving a joint football scrimmage when five shooters emerged from a car and unleashed more than 60 shots.
Saul High School does not have a football team, but their students are allowed to play for Roxborough High School. The four teens injured in the shooting are expected to physically recover.A reward is being offered for information in the deadly shooting near Roxborough High School after a football scrimmage.
Authorities have released surveillance footage that shows five suspects running down as they fired more than 60 shots at the group of teens.The Philadelphia Police Department shared chilling video of the shooting, saying one of the shooters stood over a victim and continued to fire his weapon until he ran out of bullets. "Teachers are having a really rough day along with their students, kids are crying, teachers are trying console them while also wiping their own tears away," PFT union rep.