Man injured after daytime shooting in Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Daytime shooting on Broad Street
Daytime shooting on Broad Street: Sarah Bloomquist reports on Action News at 4 p.m., May 9, 2018

TIOGA-NICETOWN (WPVI) -- Police are investigating a shooting in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia that left one man injured.

The shooting happened at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Broad and Erie streets.

Action News is told a 46-year-old man was shot multiple times in the back by a gunman who confronted him on the east side of Broad Street.

Witnessed said the man tried to run away as the gunman kept firing. He collapsed on the SEPTA island at the intersection in the middle of Broad Street.

Man shot at Broad and Erie in Philadelphia. Watch raw video from Chopper 6 on May 9, 2018.

He was then taken to Temple University Hospital where he is listed in critical condition.

Police say the suspected shooter fled north on Broad Street.

Investigators are working to find that suspect and determine what led to the gunfire.

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