Philadelphia police say a body was discovered in the driver’s seat of a scorched Jeep after firefighters put out a vehicle fire early Thursday morning.
Investigators believe the fire that consumed both a Jeep and a pick-up truck was set intentionally, and Philly Police are investigating the death as a homicide.
Shortly before 4:30 a.m., firefighters found the Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Ram ablaze on the 3500 block of North 10th Street in North Philadelphia. After they extinguished the flames, firefighters saw a male, unknown age, in the driver’s seat. He was pronounced dead just before 6 a.m.
Philadelphia police said no arrest has been made as of Thursday morning.
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Entering Thursday, there were at least 460 homicides in Philadelphia this year, down 5% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
