PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia police are investigating after a shooting left one man hospitalized on Wednesday night. The incident happened on the 7400 block of Andrews Avenue in West Oak Lane.

6ABC Action News, reported that police arrived on the scene to find a 22-year old man inside of a house, suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim told police he had been shot by a neighbor that lives three houses away. Police say a verbal altercation between the two neighbors escalated into a gunfight.

“We found eight spent shell casings on the street. We found another 10 shell casings in front of the property where we believe that the shooter who struck the victim in the leg was shot.”

Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters.