Man dies after shooting in city's Point Breeze section

Police were called to Dickinson Street near South 20th Street Saturday evening.
Sunday, July 31, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are looking for the suspect who shot and killed a man near a corner store in the city's Point Breeze neighborhood.

It happened around 5:25 p.m. on the 2000 block of Dickinson Street.
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Police say the victim, 45-year-old Damon Smith of Cottage Street, was shot five times. He was rushed to Penn Presybterian Medical Center where he later died.

It's still unclear what sparked the shooting.
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Anyone with information on this case is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.

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