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Gunman Ambushes, Kills Man Getting Out of Car in Delaware County

Police in one Delaware County town investigated their eighth homicide of the year after police found a resident lying face down in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

Chester Police said an unidentified shooter “ambushed” the victim as he exited a car near 3rd and Engle streets.

Medics pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police didn’t identify the man outside of saying he was 33 years old until they could reach the man’s family members.

Investigators asked anyone with information to contact Chester Detective Lawrence Weigand at (610)-447-8426 or CID Detective Thomas Scarpato at (610)-891-4708.

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