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Philly Police ID Man Shot, Killed In East Mount Airy

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia police have identified the man shot and killed Wednesday night in East Mount Airy.

Police say the victim was 26-year-old Maurice Riley of the 6300 block of North Lambert Street in Germantown.

Riley was changing the brakes on a Chevy Impala on Baldwin Street near East Sharpnack Streets around 5:30 p.m., when he was shot four times in the back and torso.

He was rushed to Einstein Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Witnesses told police a man in all black clothing walked up and fired at Riley at point-blank range before running off.

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