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2 men hospitalized after shots fired into Philadelphia home

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say someone fired several shots into a Philadelphia home, leaving one man critically injured and a 95-year-old man wounded.

The shooting occurred around 3:15 a.m. Thursday along 53rd and Rodman streets.

Authorities say someone on the street fired five shots through the home’s front living room window, hitting the two men. Three other people in the residence, including a 2-year-old who was upstairs asleep, were not injured.

A 32-year-old man who was shot in the chest was hospitalized in critical condition. The 95-year-old man was shot in the arm and was hospitalized in stable condition.

Authorities believe the shooting was intentional, but did not disclose a motive.