Shots fired from car kill unarmed man outside his North Philadelphia home: police
PHILADELPHIA - A 28-year-old man was shot and killed outside his own home in North Philadelphia late Sunday night.
Police say a car pulled up on the 1200 block of North Taney Street just after 10 p.m.
The people in the car and the unarmed victim had an exchange before a passenger fired several shots.
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The victim was shot multiple times in the chest, and later died at the hospital.
He was identified as Derrick Grant, who police sources say was a local rapper known as Phat Geez.
Police have yet to release a description of the suspects or suspected vehicle, and a motive is still unknown.
This shooting comes just hours after another man was shot during an attempted robbery on his porch in Philadelphia's Overbrook section.