PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police have identified the 12-year-old boy and two other victims killed in a triple shooting Thursday afternoon.

The shooting happened just after 2 p.m. on the 700 block of E. Locust Avenue in the city's Germantown section.

When officers arrived they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. Nearby, police say a 12-year-old boy was found shot just a short distance from the men.

All three victims were taken to an area hospital where they died.

The child was identified as 12-year-old Laron Williams, who lived on E. Locust Avenue.

The shooting also claimed the life of 30-year-old Khalif Chambers, of Philadelphia, and 47-year-old Riley Darden of Norristown.

At least 12 shots were fired at the scene, according to police.

It was 2 p.m., and the child — just a year away from becoming a teenager — walked 50 feet from his East Germantown house to pick up lunch from the sweet woman on Crowson Street who cooks for the neighborhood children. He said goodbye to her, then walked back across the 700 block of East Locust Avenue, headed for home.

But as he did, a man armed with a rifle jumped out of a car up the block and started shooting down the street. At least 11 shots were fired. Two men, ages 47 and 30, were struck multiple times, and fell on top of one another, police said.

And Laron — known to friends and family as “L.J.” — was caught in the line of fire. He was shot in the back multiple times, police said, and collapsed at the base of the stairs of the home he’d lived in all his life. His parents held him until police arrived, and officers rushed him to Einstein Medical Center.

Happy birthday. RIP.

he wuz a gud boy. dindu nuffin

lmao one less mouth to feed as far as im concerned

place look Hood AF

feel horrible for this kid and family that had to hold him as he bled out and died. getting your kids out of areas like this should be the most important goal in life for parents. not saying you cant get killed in the countryside, but you are on a better foot living in a relaxed peaceful rural area

That neighborhood doesn’t look too bad

how to spot a fellow portlandcel

People need to quit making excuses for criminals.

They have had the exact same if not more opportunities as everyone else and chose criminal behavior.

This is 2023, not 1850. We need to hold people accountable and quit coddling them and allowing this nonsense to happen in our communities.

Media thought process:

Another dinger incident where black person dead....is there any way we can pin this on whites?

We can take solace on the fact that the dearly departed Laron Williams will continue to live in your head, and rent free too.

That is so sad. That poor little boy and his parents.

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why do, those people, always let the sidewalks and curbs get over grown. No pride in their home ownership, or more likely, section8 status homes curb appeal.

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No they don't. I've seen kids with a degenerate mothers and all I can think is: these kids have no shot at life.

imagine getting gunned down at all.