An investigation is underway after a man was shot and killed while he was getting a haircut inside a Philadelphia barbershop Thursday afternoon, police said.
The unidentified man was sitting in a chair inside Wildstyle Barbershop along the 5900 block of Germantown Avenue at 1:17 p.m. when a gunman entered the shop and opened fire, according to investigators.
The victim was shot multiple times in the upper body. Witnesses told NBC10 they heard about three gunshots.
“I was sitting right there in that chair when it went off and I heard the noise,” Robert Davis, who works at a business next to the barbershop, told NBC10.
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Witnesses said about a dozen people, including the shooter, ran out of the barbershop and headed towards Rittenhouse Street. The shooter, who was wearing a mask and dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, then continued in that direction while other people ran the opposite way, according to witnesses.
The victim was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:29 p.m. Police have not yet revealed his identity.
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The barbershop is located in a busy shopping area. It’s also less than a half a mile away from a police station.
“Never expected anything to happen right here because of the police station, you know? That’s pretty bold," Davis said.
Several security cameras are in the area where the shooting took place. Detectives interviewed other business owners nearby.
The violence continued Thursday night in Philadelphia.
At 8:11 p.m., a 24-year-old man was shot three times in the left arm and once in the abdomen along the 2000 block of West York Street. He was taken to Temple University Hospital in critical condition.
At 8:56 p.m., four people were shot along the 3700 block of North Carlisle Street. A 40-year-old man was shot twice in the leg, a 25-year-old man was shot once in the right arm, once in the back and once in the buttocks, a 34-year-old man was shot once in the hand and a 62-year-old woman was shot once in the chest.
The woman is in critical condition while the three men are stable.
No arrests have been made in either shooting and no weapons have been recovered.
If you have any information on any of the shootings, please call Philadelphia Police.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
