Teen among 2 injured in shooting, crash in Philadelphia's Germantown section

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Thursday, June 12, 2025 1:33PM
Teens injured in shooting, crash in Philadelphia's Germantown section
Two teens were injured in a shooting following a stolen car crash investigation early Thursday morning.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A 16-year-old is among two people who were injured in a shooting following a stolen car crash investigation early Thursday morning.

Now, Philadelphia police will be working to connect the timeline of the shooting and crash after an officer provided lifesaving first aid to a teenage victim.

Police say the driver of a stolen, shot-up car crashed into a fire hydrant in Philadelphia's Germantown section.

The car hit the hydrant so hard, the front end was smashed in and the airbags were deployed.

The two shooting victims --- a 16-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man -- then got out and ran about half a block to police for help.

It happened around 2:25 a.m. in the unit block of E. Logan Street.

One was shot in the ear and the other was shot in the leg.

An officer began first aid in the car on one of the victims, putting a tourniquet on his leg to help stop the bleeding.

Police took the them to Einstein Hospital for treatment.

The Action Cam captured footage showing several bullet holes in the passenger side of the car the teens were in.

There has been no word on their conditions.

Police are now looking for the original scene where the car was shot up and what led up to the shooting.

Investigators believe the car might've been stolen in Montgomery County, so they'll likely start there.

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