Man shot and killed while driving in Hunting Park

Police say a Volkswagen SUV jumped the curb round 11 p.m. Thursday on the 400 block of West Sedgley Road and crashed right into a fence.

When police arrived on the scene, they discovered the 32-year-old driver had been shot.

“There was a taking pictures sufferer slumped inside. The doorways have been locked, so police needed to really break the motive force’s aspect rear door window to get inside, to get to this sufferer,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small mentioned.

Police mentioned the sufferer had been shot not less than as soon as within the head.

There have been 4 bullet holes within the entrance passenger aspect door and one within the driver’s aspect door of the SUV.

Officers rushed the person to Temple College Hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless.

Officers discovered six shell casings and a loaded revolver not too removed from the crash scene, together with a path of blood. Small mentioned the revolver appeared to have been damaged, probably from being run over.

As police have been investigating, they have been notified of one other taking pictures sufferer who had been taken by a non-public car to Einstein Medical Middle.

Investigators are wanting into whether or not that sufferer is linked to the Sedgley incident.

Police are hoping to overview surveillance video from cameras that have been situated within the space.