Man shot in head, killed in Kingsessing

KINGSESSING (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a murder in the city's Kingsessing section.

It happened Sunday along South 53rd Street near Chester Avenue.

Police were called to the area shortly before 6 p.m. for reports of gunshots.

Responding officers found a 27-year-old man shot in the right side of the head.

He was rushed by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he would die a short time later.

No arrests have been made, and no word on what led to the shooting.

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