[Unknown Freeper]

I was wondering that, too. A Jeep and a Continental look nothing alike but the person might know that it was a Lincoln. I am hoping there was a surveillance camera but it doesn't look good if you listen to the descriptions of the neighborhood some are giving here.

[Catspaw]

Here's an update.  The boy's age has been changed from 8 to 9.  And they're still saying that it's a Connie, not a Jeep.  Oh, and the pols are showing up.

Posted on Wed, Feb. 11, 2004

Child Injured in School Shooting
By Murray Dubin and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS

A 9-year-old-boy was in extremely critical condition and undergoing surgery this morning at Temple University Hospital after he and a school crossing guard were shot in an apparent crossfire in front of a North Philadelphia school, police said.

The two victims were likely caught between two men shooting at each other from separate cars near 23rd and Cambria Streets, said police department spokesman Cpl. Jim Pauley.

The shooting occurred in front of Pierce Elementary School, where the boy, Faheem Thomas-Childs of the 2200 block of West Lehigh Avenue, was shot in the face while in the school yard. The crossing guard, Debra Smith, 56, of the 2000 block of West Somerset Street, was shot in the foot, police said.

Police are looking for a gray Lincoln Continental that was seen fleeing the scene.

Outside the school, State Rep. Jewell Williams said, “It's a sad day for North Philadelphia when people are shooting in an area where children are walking to school. It’s real sad to see 50 children in school scared and crying. I've never seen anything like that.”

Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller said, “Schools are safe. It’s the community that is not safe."

A father of three Pierce students said his children “were scared to death.”