Police: 26-year-old man shot several times, killed in Holmesburg

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Police: 26-year-old man shot several times, killed in Holmesburg

Police were so close to the scene that they heard the gunfire as it happened.

Police are investingating after a 26-year-old man was shot several times in the chest and back.

It happened around 10 p.m. near the 4700 block of Loring Street in Holmesburg

Police were about a half block away and heard the gunshots. 

They ran to the scene and found the man bleeding heavily and unresponsive.

He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. 

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