PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after being shot and killed while walking his dog in Kensington, according to police. Authorities say the incident happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. Officers with the 24th District responded to numerous 911 calls reporting gunshots and a shooting at Frankford Avenue and E Atlantic Street, police say. According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, when police and medical personnel arrived on scene, they found a man on the grond with multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body. Medics transported him to Temple Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., per authorities. The victim's identity remains unknown, but neighbors told police he is known to the area, according to Small. Police say when the victim was found, he was still holding on to a leash with his dog attached. "We're getting information from witnesses that this victim was walking a dog when two males approached him, firing multiple shots," Small said.
PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after being shot and killed while walking his dog in Kensington, according to police. Authorities say the incident happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. Officers with the 24th District responded to numerous 911 calls reporting gunshots and a shooting at Frankford Avenue and E Atlantic Street, police say. According to Chief Inspector Scott Small, when police and medical personnel arrived on scene, they found a man on the grond with multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body. Medics transported him to Temple Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:55 p.m., per authorities. The victim's identity remains unknown, but neighbors told police he is known to the area, according to Small. Police say when the victim was found, he was still holding on to a leash with his dog attached. "We're getting information from witnesses that this victim was walking a dog when two males approached him, firing multiple shots," Small said.
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities believe a man who was involved in an argument was gunned down on a crowded front porch Monday night in Philadelphia. Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to the 100 block of West Logan Street around 9 p.m.