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Video shows West Philadelphia shooting

Authorities released surveillance footage Tuesday in an attempt to identify a gunman who shot a man in broad daylight Monday outside a corner store in West Philadelphia.

The suspect fired 13 shots just before 9 a.m. near the intersection of 56th and Market streets, according to police. A 26-year-old man was struck in the groin and buttocks and is expected to survive.

Investigators said the shooter is a man with a thin build who was wearing a ski mask, black Nike hooded jacket, black pants, and black and red Air Jordan 11 sneakers.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the PPD’s Shooting Investigation Group at 215-686-3183/3184; call or text 215-686-8477; or submit a tip at www.phillypolice.com/forms/submit-a-tip.

Jack Tomczuk

Jack Tomczuk is a Philadelphia native who started as a news reporter for Metro in March 2020 (just a couple days before COVID hit). Previously, he wrote for the Northeast Times, The Sun newspapers in Burlington and Camden counties and the Press of Atlantic City.

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