NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say robbery was the motive for a deadly shooting in North Philadelphia.
It happened at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of North Orkney Street.
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Officers arrived to find 49-year-old Juan Cruz shot in the lower back and hip.
He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead 20 minutes later.
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Action News is told the nearby Potter-Thomas School was locked down for about half an hour as a precaution.