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1 wounded as bullets fly in W. Oak Lane shootout

Police are investigating a late morning shootout that left at least one man wounded with a bullet to the head and spent shells littering a street in West Oak Lane.

Police investigate a shootout along Ogontz Avenue at Wooster in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Police look toward evidence markers along Wooster Street. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)
Police investigate a shootout along Ogontz Avenue at Wooster in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010. Police look toward evidence markers along Wooster Street. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)Read moreDN
    by By Sam Wood, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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Police are investigating a late morning shootout that left at least one man wounded with a bullet to the head and spent shells littering a street in West Oak Lane.

Gunfire broke out about 11:24 a.m. near the intersection of Ogontz Ave. and Wooster Street. Men in moving vehicles traded shots. One of the men was struck in the right temple. He drove himself to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was reported in stable condition, police said.

Police have the wounded man's car and know who he is. Investigators are searching for the other gunman, who sped off.