A 28-year-old man told police he was shot while walking a half-block from his car to his home in the city's Frankford neighborhood.
A man was shot as he walked a short distance from his car to his home in Northeast Philadelphia Monday night.
Police, who responded to a call along the 5000 block of Cottage Street in the Frankford section of the city, just before midnight, said they found evidence that at least seven shots were fired. But, according to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, officers found no shooters, no weapons and no victim -- at least initially.
A short time later a 28-year-old man arrived at a hospital suffering from a pair of gunshot wounds, Small said.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.Small said the man, who law enforcement officials have not identified, was unable to give police a description of his attacker -- or attackers -- and could not provide a motive for the shooting.
But, according to Small, the victim told police that he had just parked his car about a half-block from his home and was walking to his house when he was shot.
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