Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was shot in the chest while sitting in his car in the city's Fairhill neighborhood early Saturday.
According to police, the incident happened at about 2:40 a.m. on Saturday, when officers responded to a shooting along Germantown Avenue at Somerset Street.
Here, police said, officers encountered a 55-year-old man who had been shot once in the chest while sitting inside a red Chevy Equinox.
The victim, officials said, was transported to a nearby hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
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Law enforcement officials said that there has been no arrest yet in this incident but, an investigation is ongoing.
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