Authorities said it happened near the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Wister Street around 6:45 p.m.
A 16-year-old boy was struck once in the right upper back and pronounced dead minutes later at Einstein Hospital, police said. A 17-year-old boy was struck in the right hip and hospitalized in stable condition.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told 6abc that a stray bullet passed through a car window and grazed the shirt of a 55-year-old man. He was not injured, Small said.
No arrests were made at the scene and no weapons were recovered, PPD added.
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