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Deadly double shooting inside Philly takeout restaurant

Philadelphia police say a gunman fired at two men inside an East Tioga Street takeout spot late Thursday night

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A shooting at a Philadelphia takeout restaurant late Wednesday night left two men dead.

"We know both of these victims were inside the takeout restaurant takeout area when they were shot... the entire incident was captured on interior surveillance video," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

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Philadelphia police and medics rushed to the corner of North Water and East Tioga streets on the edge of the Kensington neighborhood around 11:30 p.m. to find two shooting victims, Small said.

"They found one victim inside of a takeout restaurant takeout area," Small said.

That unresponsive man -- later identified as 40-year-old as Dominique D. Roye of the Logan section of Philadelphia -- was bleeding from gunshot wounds to his head, neck and chest, Small said. Roye would die minutes later at a hospital.

"A second victim -- who was outside on the sidewalk... he was shot multiple times in his chest and torso," Small said. "He was also unresponsive."

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Investigators said that surveillance video showed the second man -- a 44-year-old who has yet to be named -- "crawling out of the restaurant" after being shot. He was undergoing surgery overnight in critical condition at a hospital, Small said.

At least 14 shots were fired at the men -- who were the only two customers in the restaurant at the time, Small said.

A masked man can be seen on video firing shots from right outside the front door of the restaurant and then entering the store to continue shooting, Small said.

The search for the shooter continued Thursday.

Entering Friday, at least 258 people have been killed in Philadelphia, according to police data. That homicide total is down about 24% from the same date last year, but still on a deadlier pace than most other of the past 15 years.

There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.

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