Man fatally shot outside City Ave. bar
Homicide detectives on Friday were investigating a double shooting outside a City Avenue bar in Wynnefield late Thursday night that left one man dead.
Homicide detectives on Friday were investigating a double shooting outside a City Avenue bar in Wynnefield late Thursday night that left one man dead.
About 10:50 p.m., gunfire rang in the rear parking lot of the Bala Inn sports bar, at 5004 City Avenue.
Police, who responded to a report of a person with a gun, found a 28-year-old man in the lot suffering from a gunshot wound in the torso and took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m. Thursday.
A second victim, a 31-year-old man, was also shot once in the torso. He was taken by a private vehicle from the bar parking lot to Lankenau Medical Center, where he was in serious condition, police said.
Police did not release either victim's name. No arrest has been made, and police were not aware of the motive for the shooting.
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