Police identify 18-year-old shot and killed at East Mount Airy apartment building
EAST MOUNT AIRY - Police are searching for a suspect after a teenager was gunned down in the courtyard of a Mount Airy apartment building on Wednesday night.
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to Simon Garden Apartments on Musgrave Street just before 9 p.m. for reports of a person with a gun.
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Police found 18-year-old Lionel Samuels shot in the stomach and back. He was pronounced dead by emergency medical responders.
Investigators say a second victim related to the shooting was found unconscious from a head injury on the 200 block of East Slocom Street. The 21-year-old victim will be taken to the homicide unit following treatment, according to police.
Authorities did not report any arrests immediately following the deadly shooting.
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