Gunmen fire 28 rounds, shooting man several times during ambush in East Germantown stairwell

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Man shot at 28 times after being ambushed in East Germantown apartment complex stairwell
A man is in critical condition after being shot 28 times while in an East Germantown apartment complex stairwell.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man is in critical condition after three men allegedly ambushed him in the stairwell of his East Germantown apartment complex.

Police say the 21-year-old man was in a stairwell in the 5300 block of Chew Avenue when two men approached him from upstairs and another came at him from downstairs.

They fired 28 rounds at the victim, hitting him twice in the chest and several times in the legs.

Police say they are looking at surveillance cameras outside the apartment building hoping to identify the three men.

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