Overview
- Officers responded just after 1 a.m. to the 1000 block of South 18th Street following reports of gunfire.
- They found the victim in the doorway with multiple gunshot wounds and rushed him to Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Police described the case as an early-stage homicide investigation led on scene by Inspector D F Pace.
- Detectives are working to determine whether more than one shooter was involved or if gunfire was exchanged.
- No arrests have been made, and police asked anyone with information to call the PPD tipline at 215-686-TIPS (8477).