Argument turned shooting on SEPTA platform blocks away from presidential debate: sources

PHILADELPHIA - As Philadelphia prepares for the highly-anticipated Kamala Harris-Donald Trump presidential debate in Old City, a shooting occurred on a SEPTA platform just hours before the debate. 

SEPTA police say the shooting happened in Center City on the westbound platform of the Market-Frankford Line at North 15th Street and Market Street around 3:30 p.m., just blocks away from the National Constitution Center where the presidential debate will take place. 

They say a 23-year-old man was shot multiple times.  

He was transported to Jefferson University Hospital by SEPTA police where he is currently in stable condition and remains in police custody.

Sources say the shooting was sparked by an argument. 

Witnesses, including many high school students who were let out of school around the time of the shooting, told FOX 29’s Chris O’Connell that they heard about four gunshots.

The witnesses say they then saw the victim stumble up to the street just outside of City Hall. 

After being closed for the investigation, the SEPTA platform has since been reopened.  

This is an ongoing investigation. 

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