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17-year-old killed in Southwest Philly

A 17-year-old boy died Tuesday night after being wounded in the head about two hours earlier in a street shooting Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

A 17-year-old boy died Tuesday night after being wounded in the head about two hours earlier in a street shooting Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

The shooting happened at 6:46 p.m. in the 5800 block of South 58th Street. Police took the victim, whose name was not released, to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:46.

Police said they took one man in custody and were looking for a second suspect. The weapon was not recovered, and no other details were released