Police investigating after a man in Roxborough dies from puncture wounds to the chest
Around 2 p.m., police were called to the 400 block of Ripka Street, where the man with the wounds was found.
Police on Wednesday were investigating the death of a man who suffered puncture wounds to his chest Wednesday afternoon in the city’s Roxborough section, police said.
Around 2 p.m., police responded to the 400 block of Ripka Street for a report of an injury. The victim was transported by medics to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m.
Homicides detectives were investigating the case and a man was being questioned, police said.
No further information was released.
