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Police identify man gunned down in West Phila.

Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting in West Philadelphia on Thursday night. Darren Fluellen, 26, of West Philadelphia, was shot multiple times in the chest shortly after 9 p.m. on the 5600 block of Baltimore Avenue, police said. Fluellen was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced at 9:14 p.m.

Police have identified the man who was killed in a shooting in West Philadelphia on Thursday night.

Darren Fluellen, 26, of West Philadelphia, was shot multiple times in the chest shortly after 9 p.m. on the 5600 block of Baltimore Avenue, police said. Fluellen was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced at 9:14 p.m.

Police have not identified a suspect or determined a motive for the slaying, but investigators were searching for a 5-foot-8 black male who had been wearing a black puffy coat and was headed eastbound on Baltimore after the shooing. - Matt Gelb