Man killed, teen hospitalized in E. Germantown shooting

One man is dead and a 17-year-old boy is recovering from a bullet wound to his left thigh after a double shooting in East Germantown Monday night.

Shots rang out about 8:20 p.m. on 21st Street near  Medary Avenue, police said.

A man, whom police only identified as a black man in his 20s, was shot twice in his stomach and once in his chest, said Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman.

He was taken by police to the Albert Einstein Medical Center, and was pronounced dead at 8:34 p.m.

The teenage victim was taken by medics to Einstein and was listed in stable condition as of 9:30, police said.

Information on the suspect and a possible motive was not immediately available.

No arrests were made.