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One Killed, One Badly Injured In West Philly Shooting: Police

One man was gunned down and another is in critical condition after gunfire rang out in a West Philadelphia neighborhood late on Wednesday, authorities say. 

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Police were dispatched to the 3900 block of Folsom Street in Mantua just after 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 15, the department told Daily Voice. Officers arrived to find two male victims with gunshot wounds, they said. 

One victim, a 22-year-old, was shot multiple times in the chest, police said. Authorities took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on North 39th Street, where he was pronounced dead at about 10:15 p.m., they wrote. His identity was not given. 

The other, also 22, was driven to the hospital in a private vehicle and remains there in critical condition, authorities said. 

No arrests were made and no weapon was recovered at the scene, but detectives in the Homicide Division continue to investigate, the department says. To submit an anonymous tip, call 215-686-8477.

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