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PA Motorcyclist Shot Dead During Road Rage Argument: Police

A motorcyclist is dead and a driver wounded after a road rage argument erupted in gunfire steps from Independence Hall on Saturday, Aug. 26, according to Philadelphia police. 

Independence Hall; Philadelphia police

Independence Hall; Philadelphia police

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Twenty-nine-year-old Angel Luis Rios Jr. was found with two gunshot wounds to the torso around 9 p.m. near the intersection of  South Independence Mall East and Chestnut Street, the department told Daily Voice. 

He was rushed to Jefferson Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds just before 9:30 p.m., police said. 

A short while later, officers were called to Pennsylvania Hospital where a 36-year-old man had walked in with a gunshot wound to his arm, investigators continued. 

Detectives believe Rios was in a group of motorcyclists that became involved in a road rage argument with the 36-year-old before exchanging gunfire. 

A 24-year-old man was detained at the scene after National Park Service Rangers said they saw him shooting at a vehicle that fled, though police say no arrests have been made as of Monday, Aug. 27. 

The killing remains under investigation. 

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