A progressive campaign staffer was fatally shot while handing out campaign flyers in Philadelphia Monday after reportedly getting into a dispute with a fellow progressive canvasser.
occurred late Monday afternoon in East Germantown in the 2000 block of Church Lane when two staffers reportedly ran into one another on the street around 4 p.m.
Both staffers, who remain unidentified by police, were carrying guns when they crossed paths. According to police, the two got into an argument on the street that quickly turned deadly when the 22-year-old drew his gun and shot the 46-year-old canvasser. The unnamed 46-year-old victim was not pronounced dead until 4:24 p.m., when he reached Albert Einstein Medical Center to be treated for a gunshot wound in the left armpit, according to police.Philadelphia Police Staff Inspector Ernest Ransom, recently appointed head of the Homicide Unit, suggested this was not the staffers' first meeting, telling the Philadelphia Inquirer they"had always had a beef.
Police are investigating the shooting and whether self-defense was involved. The alleged shooter, who at the time was
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