Police: Man fatally shot from behind while walking into store in East Germantown
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Police say a 23-year-old man was shot and killed while walking into a store in East Germantown.
EAST GERMANTOWN - Philadelphia police say a man was shot and killed from behind as he was walking into a store in East Germantown late Tuesday night.
Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters that a 23-year-old man was in the doorway of King 2 2020 Snackstore on East Chelten Avenue when an unknown shooter walked up behind him and fire multiple shots.
Small said the unnamed victim suffered gunshot wounds to the back, head and chest, and died at Einstein Hospital.
Man dies after car is peppered with gunfire in West Philadelphia, police say
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A 39-year-old man was killed after being shot multiple times in the back, police say.
WEST PHILADELPHIA - Police say an Olney man was killed when an unknown shooter fire over a dozen shots into the car he was sitting inside with his cousin late Wednesday night in West Philadelphia.
Police say 19th district officers were flagged down by a car on the 4000 block of Lancaster Avenue just after 10 p.m. The driver told police he was driving his cousin to the hospital after he had been shot multiple times in the back.