Police are investigating after an officer on patrol discovered a man who had been shot to death on Kelly Drive early Saturday.
According to police, an officer was walking the 2200 block of Kelly Drive, near Temple University's East Park Canoe House and Saint Joseph's University's Gillin Boathouse on Boathouse Row at about 2:45 a.m., when they found a 30-year-old man who had been shot multiple times in a nearby parking lot.
On Monday, officials identified the man as Kahalil Wilkes from Philadelphia's Nicetown neighborhood.
Law enforcement officials said that Wilkes was found laying next to a vehicle that had its hood open and hazard lights on, as if it had been having car trouble.
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The vehicle had temporary tags from Delaware and, police said, it was reported stolen.
Officials said Wilkes was pronounced at the scene.
According to police there were no shell casings found at the scene, though there was one bullet recovered.
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No arrests have yet been made and, officials said, no motive is yet known for this slaying, however, an investigation is ongoing.
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