Police: 1 dead after fight inside Roxborough apartment complex ends in shooting
Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting inside the Henry on the Park Apartments.
PHILADELPHIA - A young man has died after police say he was fatally shot during a fight inside of a Roxborough apartment complex where he was visiting family.
According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, police responded to a 911 call about a shooting inside the Henry on the Park Apartments on the 7900 block of Henry Avenue at the Henry on the Park Apartments around 10:30 p.m. Monday night.
When authorities arrived on the scene and entered the apartment, a 24-year-old Jamal Dean was found lying in the hallway on the fifth floor, police say.
He was shot multiple times and pronounced dead on the scene at 11:01 p.m., Small said.
Fifteen shell casings were found in the hallway, most of which were close to the victim's body.
Witnesses told police that Dean was not a resident of the building and that he came to see family and an ex-girlfriend when a fight broke out and escalated into a shooting.
Police say the shooter fled the scene, but the person has been identified to police.
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