Law enforcement officials are investigating after a Saturday afternoon shooting left a man dead in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood.
According to police, officers responded to the 5100 block of Belfield Avenue at about 1:53 p.m., for a reported shooting.
Here, officials said, first responders found a 27-year-old man -- who police have identified as Raymond Scott from the city's Juniata Park neighborhood -- after he had been shot in the upper chest.
Scott was transported to a nearby hospital where, police said, he was pronounced at about 2:25 p.m.
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According to police, no arrests have yet been made and there no motive has been provided by law enforcement officials.
However, officials said, an investigation is ongoing.
According to police statistics, as of midnight on Friday, there have been 258 people murdered so far this year.
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