Tragedy unfolds on a South Philadelphia street where a man was shot multiple times execution style and killed.
The gunfire broke out near the intersection of 15th and Snyder Avenue Wednesday evening, around 7 p.m.A 25-year-old man was riding a mountain bike westbound at the 1500 block of Snyder Avenue. Three men in a dark-colored sedan, possibly a Nissan, got out of the vehicle, took aim at the man on the bike and began firing semi-automatic weapons.The man was struck multiple times in the head, chest and torso, according to Chief Inspector Scott Small. He fell from the bike.
Small said District 1 officers received multiple 911 calls and they responded to the location immediately.The victim died at the scene.The three men, all wearing dark clothing, got back into the the dark-colored sedan and drove off, eastbound on Snyder.Chief Inspector Small said there are multiple cameras, both commercial and private, that recorded the chaos, as well as a SEPTA bus, whose exterior camera was close enough to record some of the shooting.An active investigation is underway.
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