It’s been a while since I posted a “Killadelphia” article, but it seems that the City of Brotherly Love, despite a dramatically reduced homicide rate the past couple of years, still likes seeing blood flowing down the gutters.

North Philly teen killed in shooting was a student athlete who had the highest SAT score at Samuel Fels

Another teen, an 18-year-old whom police did not identify, was fatally shot hours earlier on the 6100 block of Vine Street, police said.

by Rodrigo Torrejón | Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | 11:43 AM EST | Updated: 4:50 PM EST

Noah Scurry, photo courtest of Breanna McGlynn to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

A 17-year-old who had recently scored the highest in his school on the SATs was shot to death as he was getting ready to go to school Tuesday morning, one of two teens killed hours apart in the city.

Noah Scurry, a student at Samuel Fels High School, was ambushed in the driveway of his home on Rorer Street, said Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.

At 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a shooting and found Scurry with gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, Vanore said. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead less than a half-hour later, at 7:37 a.m.

There were at least 20 shell casings at the scene of the shooting, which Vanore said appeared to be a targeted attack. Police are searching the area for surveillance footage of the crime, he said. No weapon was recovered, he said, and no arrests have been made.

“(A)t least 20 shell casings”? That sure sounds like a street gang hit. There are possible reasons why young Mr Scurry was targeted: a dispute over a girl, or refusal to throw a game. But gang hits usually involve gang beefs.

We have previously noted when The Philadelphia Inquirer tried to soft-peddle homicide stories to make it seem as though the victim was as pure as the wind-driven snow.

We were told that the victim was a “gifted student,” and a player on the high school’s basketball team.

Less than 12 hours before the shooting of Scurry, around 7:30 p.m. Monday, an 18-year-old was shot multiple times on the 6100 block of Vine Street. The victim, whom police did not identify, was taken to Lankenau Medical Center, where he was initially placed in critical condition but died of his injuries at 12:30 a.m., according to Vanore.

He was struck by bullets from at least three weapons in what police said appeared also to be a targeted attack. Officers are searching for surveillance footage of a small, dark sedan that they believe the gunmen used as a getaway car, Vanore said.

Three separate weapons? Yup, that’s a gang hit.

Total murders are down in Philly, but the teenagers are still shooting teenagers.