Police: Man dies after being shot in North Philly Saturday night
A man died in North Philly Saturday after being shot multiple times.
A man died in North Philadelphia Saturday night after being shot, city police said.
The fatal shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. on the 3200 block of North Howard Street, police said. Officers responding to a call found the man “suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.”
Emergency medical responders pronounced him dead at 7:45 p.m., police said.
No arrests have been made, and police have not located the firearm used in the shooting.
Police ask those with information to call 215-686-TIPS (8477).
This is the 11th homicide in Philadelphia this year, according to the police department’s crime statistics website. That’s a 50% decrease from the same period last year, the website states. Last year, homicides were at a nearly 60-year low after peaking in 2021.
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