PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police officers fatally shot a 12-year-old boy in the back Tuesday night in South Philadelphia after a bullet was fired into their vehicle, officials said Wednesday.
The boy, identified as Thomas Siderio, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital and died minutes after he was shot.
According to a police statement released Wednesday, four plainclothes officers were in an unmarked car at 18th and Barbara Streets at about 7:20 p.m. when they saw two people standing on the street corner, and one appeared to be holding a handgun.
