Three teenagers were rushed to Boston-area hospitals early Tuesday following a shooting just off Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury.Watch the reportA 14-year-old girl, who has been identified by family members as Keira Harrison, was taken to Boston Children's Hospital. Her friend, who was identified as Alondra Valdez, 19, was taken to Boston Medical Center.The third victim, a 17-year-old boy, has not been identified. He was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital."The 19-year-old, she's not no target," Valdez's cousin Maria King said. "She's not no target. She's an honor roll student. She just graduated high school. She's about to go to college. She got shot in her stomach and it went out."Keira Harrison's aunt, Kimberly Harrison, said her niece was enjoying fireworks with Valdez when shots rang out."She was out here with some kids, like I said, enjoying fireworks," Kimberly Harrison said. "What went off wasn't fireworks. The kids started running."The three shooting victims are expected to survive."(Keira) was shot three times," Kimberly Harrison said. "Once in the leg and twice in the arm. And it broke her arm and her leg."NAACP members were at the scene Tuesday with what the organization calls "hand-to-hand combat" to try and stop street violence. They're handing out information hoping to give young people more opportunity."We have a strong team with the Pipeline Leadership where the program started (Tuesday)," Supreme Richardson, of the Boston NAACP and Pipeline Program, said. "I'm constantly in the streets working with the impact players."Boston police said the shooting was not random, but Kimberly Harrison said she believes her niece was not the intended target."She's 14," she said. "She goes to school. She still plays on the playground." Get the WCVB News App

Three teenagers were rushed to Boston-area hospitals early Tuesday following a shooting just off Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury.

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A 14-year-old girl, who has been identified by family members as Keira Harrison, was taken to Boston Children's Hospital. Her friend, who was identified as Alondra Valdez, 19, was taken to Boston Medical Center.



The third victim, a 17-year-old boy, has not been identified. He was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital.

"The 19-year-old, she's not no target," Valdez's cousin Maria King said. "She's not no target. She's an honor roll student. She just graduated high school. She's about to go to college. She got shot in her stomach and it went out."

Keira Harrison's aunt, Kimberly Harrison, said her niece was enjoying fireworks with Valdez when shots rang out.

"She was out here with some kids, like I said, enjoying fireworks," Kimberly Harrison said. "What went off wasn't fireworks. The kids started running."

The three shooting victims are expected to survive.

"(Keira) was shot three times," Kimberly Harrison said. "Once in the leg and twice in the arm. And it broke her arm and her leg."

NAACP members were at the scene Tuesday with what the organization calls "hand-to-hand combat" to try and stop street violence. They're handing out information hoping to give young people more opportunity.

"We have a strong team with the Pipeline Leadership where the program started (Tuesday)," Supreme Richardson, of the Boston NAACP and Pipeline Program, said. "I'm constantly in the streets working with the impact players."

Boston police said the shooting was not random, but Kimberly Harrison said she believes her niece was not the intended target.

"She's 14," she said. "She goes to school. She still plays on the playground."