Man fatally shot in West Philly
The shooting, which may have been connected to a possible Facebook Marketplace transaction, happened around 8:40 p.m. on the 800 block of North Palm Street, police said.
A man was fatally shot in a car Friday night in West Philadelphia during a possible transaction arranged online, police said.
The shooting happened around 8:40 p.m. on the 800 block of North Palm Street, police said. The man was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
A woman and two young children who also were in the car may have been injured by broken glass caused by the gunfire, Inspector D.F. Pace said.
The man, who was not identified, was possibly in the area as part of a transaction arranged through Facebook Marketplace, Pace said.
No other details about the shooting were immediately available.
