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88-year-old man fatally shot in West Philadelphia

Richard Butler was killed around 1:35 p.m. Tuesday on the 100 block of North Dewey Street, police said.

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    by Robert Moran
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An 88-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon while sitting in a car in West Philadelphia, police said.

The shooting happened about 1:35 p.m. on the 100 block of North Dewey Street, police said.

Police on Wednesday identified the man as Richard Butler of the 100 block of South 49th Street.

Butler, who was shot twice in the chest while inside a white Hyundai, was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:56 p.m.

Police reported no arrests.