Skyfox over the scene of a fatal shooting on 7th and Fairmount. Police say a 29-year-old was shot multiple times and killed.
NORTHERN LIBERTIES - A 29-year-old man is dead after gunfire breaks out in Northern Liberties.
According to officials, the 29-year-old victim was found shot multiple times on the 700 block of Fairmount Wednesday, just after 6:30 in the evening.
Police rushed him to Jefferson Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
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Police say they are investigating a possible motive. No arrests have been made.
The shooting is one more in a violent day across Philadelphia, where a 26-year-old man was critically wounded in Kingsessing around 5:15 p.m. and four others were injured by gunfire, two critically. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw was on FOX 29’s Good Day to talk about the surge in gun violence.
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