Man fatally shot Monday morning in Germantown
A man shot in Germantown on Monday morning has died.
The 32-year-old victim, whose name has not yet been released, was shot once in the left side of the chest around 8:55 a.m. on the 4900 block of Wayne Ave. near Happy Hollow playground.
The man was transported to Alfred Einstein Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m.
No suspects are in custody and no descriptions are currently available in connection to the city’s 316th homicide of 2012.
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