A pile of money and a cellphone on the ground marked the spot near where a man was gunned down in Southwest Philadelphia Wednesday night.
Police officers responded to Woodland Avenue, near South 67th Street, just after 8 p.m. to find a man with several gunshot wounds to his body, Philadelphia police said. Officers rushed the man to the hospital where he died about two hours later.
Police on Thursday identified the victim as Hakeem Sehneah, a 31-year-old who lived on Woodland Avenue.
No motive was given for the shooting and no arrests were immediately made.
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Entering Thursday, at least 201 homicides have been reported in Philadelphia this year, according to police data. That's down about 18% from the same date last year, but still well ahead of the pace of many other recent years on record.
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