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1 man dead in Kingsessing double shooting

Gunfire erupted about 6:25 p.m. in the 900 block of South 52nd Street.

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One man was killed and another wounded in a double shooting Monday evening in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

At about 6:25 p.m. in the 900 block of South 52nd Street, a 44-year-old man was shot several times in the chest by an unknown assailant. He was taken by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m.

A 50-year-old man was reported in stable condition at Penn Presbyterian with a gunshot wound to his left leg.

Police reported no motive or arrests.