PHILADELPHIA - A 66-year-old man is in the hospital after being shot in an attempted carjacking in Mantua on Thursday morning, police say.
According to authorities, the shooting happened just after 3:30 a.m. on the 3900 block of Fairmount Avenue. Responding officers and medics arrived on location and found the man standing next to his parked vehicle with a gunshot wound to his leg, police say.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told FOX 29 that the victim was then rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where he is in stable condition and undergoing surgery.
According to Small, the man told investigators that he was approached by someone with a gun who told him to hand over the keys to the car.