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24-shot fusillade fired in Olney slaying

Police are looking for three men in the shooting death early today of a man in Olney.

Police are looking for three men in the shooting death early today of a man in Olney.

The victim, whose name has not been released yet, was at American Street and Duncannon Avenue when gunfire rang out after midnight.

Shot in the face and chest, he fled into a friends' house and collapsed on the second floor, police said. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene at 12:32 a.m.

Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters at the scene that investigators recovered 24 shell casings from two different types of handguns at the scene.

Witnesses told police they saw three men running from the scene and Small said police were looking to see if any surveillance cameras in the area could help in the investigation.

No word yet on a possible motive.