Loved ones are mourning a Delaware County father who was shot and killed in front of his two daughters while all three were inside a vehicle in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood on Monday.
The 42-year-old man and his two teenage daughters were inside a vehicle on the 900 block of South 4th Street at 5:43 p.m. when a gunman opened fire, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
The father -- later identified by police as Raymond Lighty of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania -- was shot multiple times in the upper torso. Lighty was taken to Jefferson University Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead at 6:05 p.m. Lighty's two daughters were not injured during the shooting.
No arrests have been made and police haven't revealed a motive for the killing.
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As of Tuesday morning there were 460 homicides in Philadelphia, up 11% from the same time last year, which was ultimately one of the most violent years in the city on record.
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