Man shot in leg outside hookah lounge in Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia

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Monday, August 29, 2022
Man shot outside hookah lounge in Rhawnhurst
Police are investigating after a man was shot outside a hookah lounge in Rhawnhurst.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man was shot outside a hookah lounge in the Rhawnhurst section of Philadelphia.



Police responded to Castor Avenue and Lansing Street just before 12:30 a.m. Monday.



The man suffered the gunshot wound near the Ali Baba hookah lounge.



He was reported to be in stable condition.



The gunfire also left a retail store nearby with its windows shot out.



Witnesses reported seeing a black vehicle fleeing the scene.



(Update: An early report by authorities stated that two men were shot).

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