Police are investigating after a 19-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Northeast Philadelphia's Tacony section on Wednesday.
Police officials say a 19-year-old man was shot twice in the head as he rode a scooter along the 4600 block of Levick Street on Wednesday nightPolice in Philadelphia are investigating after a teenager riding a scooter in the Tacony section of Northeast Philly was killed in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday night.
According to police officials, officers were called to the 4600 block of Levick Street just before 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday to find a 19-year-old man laying on the sidewalk after suffering gunshot wounds to his head, chest and arms.The man, who police have not yet provided further identifying information on, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced.
On Wednesday night, at the scene of the shooting, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said the man had been shot twice in the chest, twice in the head and once in each arm.According to Small, a witness told police he was walking with the victim, who was operating a motorized scooter, when a dark-colored sedan pulled up and someone fired several times from the passenger seat of the vehicle.
Small said an investigation is ongoing and officials are hoping surveillance cameras in the area could help the police determine who might be responsible for this slaying.
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