Field hockey players evacuate field after shooting near Temple campus

NORTH PHILADELPHIA – Scary moments for members of two college field hockey teams playing near Temple University after gunfire forced everyone off the field.

La Salle University and Saint Louis University were playing in a women’s field hockey game near the Temple University campus late Friday afternoon when shots were fired near the field.

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Temple alerted the public to the shooting that took place in the 1300 block of North Broad Street and said police responded around 4:40 p.m.

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Philadelphia police responded to North Broad Street and Girard Avenue after receiving several calls about the shots fired around 4:30 p.m.

Authorities say a man wearing a black hoodie was shooting a gun in the parking lot of Kentucky Fried Chicken, but fled the scene before police arrived.

No injuries were reported. Police are actively investigating and say no one is in custody and no weapons have been found.