Police are investigating after a man, who was reportedly in a wheelchair before he was shot, was injured in a shooting along Spring Garden Street early Sunday.
According to police, around 5:30 a.m. a 53-year-old man was shot about six times -- including once in the face and in the chest -- near the intersection of 8th and Spring Garden streets.
The man -- who police did not identify, nor did they explain why the man was in a wheelchair prior to the shooting -- was taken to a nearby hospital where, officials said, he has been placed in critical condition.
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