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Triple shooting in Point Breeze leaves boy, 15, dead

Gunfire erupted in the 1200 block of South 15th Street.

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A triple shooting in the city's Point Breeze section Thursday night left a 15-year-old boy dead and two other males wounded, police said.

Police called to the 1200 block of South 15th Street just after 7:30 p.m. found the three shooting victims there.

The 15-year-old, identified Friday morning as Trevonte Marks, has been shot six times in the body.

Police took Martin, who lived in the neighborhood, to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:10.

A 16-year-old boy who was shot once in the right side and a 20-year-old man who had been hit in the leg and were reported in stable condition at the same hospital Friday morning. Police reported no arrests.