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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