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Man Gunned Down In Front Of Port Richmond Home

By Steve Beck, Al Novack

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A man was shot and killed while sitting on the steps of his Philadelphia home late Tuesday night.

The deadly shooting happened at about 11:30 p.m. on the front steps of a home in the 3300 block of W. Agate Street in the city's Port Richmond section.

When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man on the front steps of a home with multiples gunshot wounds to the head. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses told police that the victim lived at the home.

So far, no arrests have been made and a motive was not immediately known.

The deadly shooting remains under investigation.

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