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Man, 39, shot to death in West Phila.

A 39-year-old man was fatally wounded by gunfire Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia, police said. Shortly after 4 p.m., the victim was shot several times in the back in the 5200 block of Delancey Street near 53d Street, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. Police took the man to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m.

A 39-year-old man was fatally wounded by gunfire Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia, police said.

Shortly after 4 p.m., the victim was shot several times in the back in the 5200 block of Delancey Street near 53d Street, said Chief Inspector Scott Small. Police took the man to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 4:21 p.m.

Three small-caliber shell casings were found at the scene, and the shooting was captured on surveillance video from a nearby business, Small said. The assailant, described as a man wearing an orange T-shirt and blue jeans, fled in a gold-colored minivan north on 53d.- Robert Moran