It happened about 2:45 in the morning near 25th and Ritner Streets.
The cabbie told police that he picked up the suspects at 2:40 a.m. at Broad and Tasker. They asked him for a ride to 25th and Ritner and upon arrival at that location one suspect handed the cabbie a $20 bill through the partition while the other suspect exited the vehicle.
The cabbie started to make change and that's when one of the men pointed a gun to the cabbie's chest. The cabbie put the car in reverse and the suspect fired 2 shots.
The cabbie was shot once in the right thigh. He managed to drive himself to a police station at 24th and Wolf.
Officers then took him to The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was treated and released.
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