Police: Man dies after being shot in the thigh in Ogontz
PHILADELPHIA - Investigators with the Philadelphia Police Department's Homicide Detectives Division are investigating a fatal shooting.
According to police, the shooting occurred on Sunday just after 1 p.m. on the 6300 block of North 18th Street in the city's Ogontz neighborhood.
Authorities say a man, later identified as 34-year-old Stephon Webb, was shot once in the right thigh.
He was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center by private vehicle and later died at the hospital, according to officials.
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Police say no arrests have been made in connection to the fatal shooting and it remains under investigation.