What to Know
- A man died after he was shot near his Northeast Philadelphia home Tuesday night, Philadelphia police said.
- Daren Collins had just parked when three men approached him, investigators said.
- At least 17 shots were fired, striking Collins in the head, police said.
A man was shot and killed shortly after parking outside his Northeast Philadelphia home late Tuesday night.
Police arrived around 10:30 p.m. to find Daren Collins shot in the head on the sidewalk in front of his family's home along Walker Street, not far from Harbison Avenue, in the Wissinoming neighborhood, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
Officers scooped up the bleeding 34-year-old man and rushed him to the hospital where Collins died a short time later, police said.
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Witnesses told investigators that Collins had just parked his car and got out of the vehicle when three men approached him near the front steps, Small said.
"At least 17 shots were fired from a semi-automatic weapon," Small said. "Most of (the shell casings) were on the sidewalk just a few feet away from where this victim was found by police."
The three men ran off onto nearby Benner Street, police said.
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Investigators didn't reveal a motive for the deadly shooting.
This is the latest homicide in Philadelphia where at least 289 people have been killed so far in 2022. That's down just 2% from last year, which wound up being the deadliest in Philadelphia's recorded history.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
