An armed man was killed following an altercation with a security guard at a bar early Sunday morning in North Philadelphia, investigators said.
Officers responded just before 2:45 a.m. to the 3400 block of N. 2nd Street, where they found a man lying on the street with a gunshot wound to his head, according to police. He was pronounced dead a short time later at Temple University Hospital. The PPD has not publicly identified the victim.
Authorities said the man who was shot had been kicked out of the bar earlier but returned with a gun. That’s when he was confronted by the establishment’s security staff, which was also armed, police added.
Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting, and there were no arrests or pending charges when Metro went to print Sunday. Anyone with information can contact the PPD’s tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).
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