Man shot at point blank range dies in vacant North Philadelphia lot

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Monday, May 4, 2020
Philadelphia police are searching for the gunmen who killed a man in a vacant North Philadelphia lot.
Philadelphia police are searching for the gunmen who killed a man in a vacant North Philadelphia lot.

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are searching for two gunmen who killed a man in North Philadelphia early Monday morning.

Police said the gunmen fired 14 shots along the 2300 block of North Cleveland Street just before 12:30 a.m.

Investigators said one bullet hit the 27-year-old victim in the head.

Police said he managed to run away, but he then collapsed in a vacant lot.

Police found eight bullet shell casings near his body, telling them the victim was killed at point-blank range.

Detectives are looking at home surveillance cameras to see if they captured any images of the killers.