Independence Day began with deadly violence in Philadelphia.
Police officers found a man bleeding along the 600 block of Perth Place -- about two blocks from the Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site -- in the cityβs Northern Liberties neighborhood around 2:30 Thursday morning.
The victim, who suffered gunshot wounds to the chest, thigh and buttocks, was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
The man, who possibly was homeless, wasnβt identified.
No suspects were named and the motive for the crime wasnβt released.
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