Double shooting leaves one dead in Nicetown

Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting in the city's Nicetown neighborhood that left one man dead and a second injured.

The shooting occurred in the area of 18 th and Winghocking Streets around 3:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Officers arrived on scene to find an unknown man suffering from a gunshot wound to the back of the head and another in the torso. The victim was transported to Einstein Hospital by medics and was pronounced dead a short time later.

The condition of the second man is unknown at this time.