Two shootings overnight in Philadelphia. One man was shot dead on a Southwest Philadelphia street, while another man was hurt as several shots were fired into a West Philadelphia home.
A man was found face down, shot to death on a Southwest Philadelphia street early Thursday.
Police and fire department paramedics responded to Allman Street, near South 61st Street, just after 3:10 a.m. on Jan. 30, 2025, to find a man face down and bleeding from what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the side of his head, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
Medics pronounced the man dead a short time later, investigators said.
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Police found evidence that at least one shot was fired near the unidentified man, Small said.
"At this time it appears that this is a homicide, it appears that this victim was shot in the head," Small said.
Investigators hoped that surveillance video would help them in tracking down the killer, Small said.
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To date, at least 16 homicides have been reported in Philadelphia in 2025, according to police data. That's the lowest year-to-date total since at least 2008 and down about 27% from the same date last year.
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