Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was killed early Tuesday in a shooting that happened along S. Water Street in the city's Pennsport neighborhood.
According to police, the incident happed just before 5 a.m., when a man told officers that he was standing near his car along the 1400 block of S. Water Street, when a silver car pulled up and two men wearing masks jumped out of the vehicle.
The 38-year-old man -- who was armed -- told police that he believed he was about to be robbed and he produced a gun and opened fire on the two men who stepped out of the silver car.
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One of the men was hit and ran across the street where he dropped onto the roadway, police said. The other individual fled, according to police.
That individual, police said was a man believed to be between the ages of 18 and 22, and he was in the lower left abdomen. He was pronounced at the scene of the shooting at 5:08 a.m., police said.
No arrest has been made as, law enforcement officials said, an investigation into this incident is ongoing.
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