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Caught on Video: Dirt Bike Rider Guns Down Man in Barrage of Bullets Along Kensington Street

A man is dead after being gunned down in a barrage of bullets fired from a dirt bike rider along a Kensington street Friday evening, Philadelphia police said.

The shooting happened at 5:25 p.m. at the corner of A and Somerset streets.

The 22-year-old victim was standing outside the Uceta Mini Market II when the suspect rode up with another man on a red dirt bike.

Surveillance video obtained by NBC10 shows the victim walk toward the street, when the suspect points a gun and opens fire.

Bullets hit the victim at least once before he fell to the ground. The shooter then emptied handgun's clip into the victim as he lay face down on the sidewalk.

At least 12 rounds were emptied from the gun, police said.

The victim was hit twice in the chest and once in the stomach. Police scooped him into a cruiser and rushed him to nearby Temple University Hospital. He later died from his injuries, police said.

Neighbors said the man lived in the neighborhood and had young kids.

One man was tracked down and arrested shortly after the shooting. Police were still searching for another.

A motive for the shooting was not immediately known. Homicide detectives are investigating.

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