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A Frankford High School student faces expulsion after assaulting a school district officer Thursday.

The student, 17, punched an officer in the face after running from two of them as they tried to apprehend the student for truancy. No medical treatment was necessary, but the officers took the student to Aria Health-Frankford to be evaluated for lip lacerations and a bloody nose.

A teenage boy is recovering after being shot by police last night on Grant Avenue near Academy Gardens.

Police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore said 8th District officers ordered the teen to drop the knife when they encountered him on the 3400-block of Grant Avenue. The teen refused, then lunged at the officers, causing one of the officers to shoot the teen in the thigh.

The teenager is recovering at Aria Health’s Frankford campus.

By Shannon McDonald

A man was shot just before 10 p.m. last night at Elbridge and Frontenac streets near Tarken Playground. He died about 40 minutes later at Aria Health’s Frankford campus. His identity has not been release, and police are still investigating the details.