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16-Year-Old Shot, Killed In Philadelphia: Investigators

One teen is dead and another hospitalized after gunfire rang out in Germantown on Wednesday night, March 27, according to Philadelphia police. 

Germantown Avenue seen from Wister Street; Philadelphia police. 

Germantown Avenue seen from Wister Street; Philadelphia police. 

Photo Credit: Google Maps (Street View)/Inset: Philadelphia Police

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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