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Teen hospitalized, dog dead after drive-by shooting in Phoenix

Aug 10, 2022, 8:04 AM | Updated: 8:58 am

(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)...

(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

(Facebook File Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

PHOENIX — A teenage boy was injured and hospitalized after a drive-by shooting in Phoenix on Wednesday, authorities said.

The Phoenix Police Department said in an email the teen, who was shot around 3:30 a.m. near 48th Street and Broadway Road, suffered injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Multiple gunshots were fired into a house, striking the teen and a dog, police said.

Authorities said the teen has since been released from the hospital, and the dog died from its injuries.

No additional information was immediately made available.

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Teen hospitalized, dog dead after drive-by shooting in Phoenix