Police Searching For Gunmen Who Injured Man, Teen Boy In Wild Shootout Outside North Philly Takeout Restaurant
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The search is on for two gunmen after 27 shots were fired in a wild shootout outside a corner takeout restaurant in North Philadelphia. Police say the suspects are considered armed and dangerous.
Two people, including a teenager, went to the hospital for treatment.
Around 7 p.m. Monday, a 48-year-old man and 16-year-old boy were injured in the double shooting. They were treated at Temple University Hospital.
Police say they found 27 shell casings along a stretch of roadway on 3000 block of Germantown Avenue.
Police say it's not clear if the victims were the intended targets or if they were caught in the crossfire.
A back window of a minivan was also shot out last night.
Police say none of the people inside, including a 14-month-old, were injured.
People who live in the neighborhood say they've never seen anything like this before.
"I ran out front and there I saw two men screaming, 'I've been hit, I've been hit,' and then the guy goes, 'My friend's been hit,'" eyewitness Janine Caltabiano said.
Gene Paul, who lives nearby, says he came home and found investigators combing the area for evidence.
"Once they let me in they wouldn't let me back out and I wasn't really interested in coming back out. I just wanted to stay safe myself," Paul said.
No one has been arrested.
Police are going through surveillance video to see if they can identify the suspects.
