Taxi driver shot, robbed of $400 in Fairmount

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Taxi driver shot twice during robbery
Taxi driver shot twice during robbery. Sharrie Williams reports during Action News at 4 p.m. on June 21, 2017.

FAIRMOUNT (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating the robbery and shooting of a taxi driver in Fairmount.



The shooting occurred just after 12 p.m. Wednesday on the 2900 block of Ogden Street.



Police say a 62-year-old taxi driver was shot twice in the leg during a robbery by two men.



The suspects stole his cell phone and $400.



Police transported the driver to Hahnemann University Hospital in stable condition.



No arrests have been made.



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