Man dies after he was shot multiple times at Broad and Cecil B. Moore, police say
NORTH PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead near a Temple University dormitory.
Police were called to the intersection of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue Friday, about 2:15 p.m.for a call of a person shot.
When they arrived, officers found the 35-year-old victim, later identified as Rashed Edwards, suffering from numerous gunshot wounds, including to the arm and stomach.
A witness who asked to remain anonymous told FOX 29 that she ran to the victim's aid and used maxi pads from to cover his wounds.
"I ran up to try and save him," she said. "I had maxi pads, tried to put them on his wounds to try to help, but unfortunately he was already passed away."
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Medics rushed him to Temple University Hospital where the unnamed victim was pronounced dead.
Police are actively investigating the shooting.
Meanwhile, students at Temple's North Philadelphia campus are taking precautions against the ever-growing threat of gun violence.
Bella, a Temple University Junior, told FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce that she never walks alone at night and tries to lay low during the day to keep herself safe.
Likewise, residents and those who frequent the neighborhood have grown tired of the violence.
"It's hard for people to come out here and take care of their business when all of that is going on," Hattie Childs said. "They just go around shooting just to be shooting, killing each other, it's not right."