Police: Man, 26, critical after a gunshot wound to the chest in North Philadelphia
Skyfox over the scene on North 13th Street after a 26-year-old man is shot in the chest.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 26-year-old man is in critical condition after police say he was shot in the chest in North Philadelphia.
Officials said police were called to the 3600 block of North 13th Street, around 3 p.m., Tuesday, on the report of a shooting.
Officers arrived to find the victim with a gunshot wound to the chest. Medics rushed the man to Temple University Hospital, where he was placed in critical condition.
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Police are investigating a possible motive into the shooting, though no weapon has been recovered and no arrests have been made.
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