Three masked men pushed a woman out of the way and shot her date as he sat in a car near Front and South streets on the edge of Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood.
The man and the woman -- who are both from outside Philadelphia -- had come into the city for a first date Monday night, Philadelphia police said.
While the man was in a black 2015 Audi parked along Front Street, near South Street, and talking to the woman -- who was outside the car -- around 11:30 p.m., three masked men approached and pushed the woman out of the way, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
At least two shots were fired, striking the 32-year-old man in the chest, bicep and left wrist.
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"There was no robbery, there was no argument, they didn't take anything, they didn't ask for anything, these three males walked right up to this victim -- while he was sitting in the passenger seat -- and fired two shots from point-blank range," Small said.
The man was rushed to the hospital where he was treated in stable condition.
The masked men ran away, jumped into what is believed to be a White Acura and drove off, police said.
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Police didn't have a motive or description of the suspects. They hoped that surveillance video in the area would help them.
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