A 56-year-old man is dead after being shot the head in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia on Thursday night, police said.
The shooting happened on the 4900 block of Boudinot Street just after 7 p.m., Philadelphia police said..
Bernie Perez was shot in the head, police said.
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Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said that the gunman apparently shot Perez at close range, according to ballistic evidence.
Officers responding to the scene took Perez to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead just before 7:30 p.m., according to police.
No arrests have been made and weapons were recovered. The investigation is ongoing.
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Entering Friday, at least 398 people had been killed in Philadelphia so far in 2023, according to police data. That's down about 19% from the same time last year, but still on pace to be one of the deadliest years on record since data began being tabulated 2007.
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