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Phila. man is victim of Cheltenham shooting

The victim of a fatal Christmas shooting in Cheltenham was identified Monday as Robbens Borno, 25, of Philadelphia.

The victim of a fatal Christmas shooting in Cheltenham was identified Monday as Robbens Borno, 25, of Philadelphia.

Borno was visiting a home in the 1400 block of Beech Avenue in the Melrose Park section of the township when he was shot multiple times around 2 a.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at 2:26 a.m. at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia.

His assailant, armed with a semiautomatic handgun, escaped in a gray late-model sedan, which police later recovered in the 6700 block of Old York Road in Philadelphia. The shooter remains at large.

Anyone with additional information is being asked to call Cheltenham police at 215-885-1600, Ext. 777. - Inquirer staff