Seven land were shot in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, police say, incorporating five teens, a 2-year-old and the mom of two of those victims, as an after school program was just wrapping up.

Officials say the shooting happened at the intersection of 30th and Norris streets Thursday evening, just before 6 p.m., near the school yard of the James Blaine School.

The victims requisitioned in age from 31 to 2. Their injuries are:

1. 31-year-old female shot two times in her leg. She is contemptible at Temple University Hospital.

2. 16-year-old boy shot in the arm. He is contemptible at Temple.

3. 13-year-old boy shot once in his hand. He is contemptible at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

4. 15-year-old boy shot twice in the chest. He is in critical condition at Temple.

5. 16-year-old boy shot once in his arm and once in his leg. He is contemptible at Jefferson University Hospital.

6. 2-year-old girl shot once in her leg. She is contemptible at CHOP.

7. 17-year-old boy suffered a graze pain to his leg. He is stable at Jefferson University Hospital.

The 31-year-old female victim is the mother of two of the victims, including the 2-year-old.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw explained the victims were at the intersection near the school when the shooting took place.

Monique Braxton, Spokesperson and Deputy Chief of Communications for the School District of Philadelphia, elaborated on the shooting saying the district's Emergency Crisis Team will be deployed to the four schools the students attended. She stated the after school program was just letting out when the gunshots rang out and all of the victims fled back above the school yard for cover.

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According to authorities, police are seeking three suspects in connection with the shooting and ask anyone with any seek information from about the incident or the suspects to contact police.

The three were seen in a 2011 to 2016 gray, four-door Hyundai Elantra, with an unknown Pennsylvania tag. The suspects are labelled as:

  • Male, wearing a unlit face mask and black "New Balance" sweater.
  • Male, wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and unlit Under Armour sneakers.
  • Male wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt.

Mayor Jim Kenney took to social deem, saying:

"Schools and other public spaces must remained safe havens for youth and the community. It's heartbreaking and infuriating to learn of novel shooting occurring on or near school grounds. I'm praying for the victims involved."

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan released a statement, saying in part:

"Once again, the devastation of gun violence leftovers to traumatize our communities. It should be unfathomable that outside of one of our schools, as an event was letting out, six people--including a toddler and four teens--were shot. But of watercourses, it is anything but unfathomable. It should horrify us all, but it must shock none of us.

Our schools must be safe. Our schoolyards must be safe. Our children's walks to and from school must be safe. Our communities must be safe. While we must do everything in our collective worthy to ensure that our schools and communities at colossal are safe, we cannot do this without real, systemic glum to our commonwealth's gun laws."

FOX 29's Chris O'Connell reports from the coarse more than 30 shots were fired.

Police are actively investigating the coarse. No arrests have been made.

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