Man, 19, shot in legs at Center City SEPTA station

The shooting happened just before 3:20 p.m. at the 15th Street Station.

Septa and Philadelphia police officers at 15th and Market Streets after a man was shot in the leg on the lower SEPTA platform, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer

Updated Aug. 12, 2019, 4:40 p.m. ET

Published Aug. 12, 2019, 4:26 p.m. ET

A 19-year-old man was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in both legs Monday afternoon at a SEPTA station in Center City, police said.

The shooting occurred just before 3:20 p.m. on the eastbound platform at the 15th Street station of the Market-Frankford Line, police said. The victim, who was shot once in each thigh, was taken by medics to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

No one else was injured.

Police said the victim was shot during an altercation with a person known to him. The station was closed for a time for the police investigation, the transit agency reported.

SEPTA spokesperson Andrew Busch said the confrontation was between the two men and the shooter ran away afterward.

He said there was a train stopped at the station and it was briefly held for the investigation. Investigators are reviewing surveillance video at the scene.

Police reported no immediate arrest.