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Police Investigate Homicide in Philadelphia's Tacony Section

Police are investigating after a person was found dead at Keystone Street and Cheltenham Avenue, along the edge of Northeast Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood.

A man was found dead of a gunshot wound to his head on a street in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood Monday morning, and police are investigating.

So far, police said they don't know who the man is or who killed him. His body was found about 5 a.m. Monday on Keystone Street near Cheltenham Avenue, by a weeded area and not far from homes. A resident of the block told NBC10 he could see the man's body lying on the street as investigators worked at the scene this morning.

Police estimated the man to be in his 20s. They said he had a single gunshot wound to his head.

Detectives are investigating.

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