Port Richmond, Philadelphia and gunman who shot
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An investigation is underway after police said a man was shot and left to die on a street in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood overnight.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices & Ice Cream in Port Richmond, a long-standing Staten Island dessert hub, reopened Sunday following a tragic incident at the store a day earlier. On Saturday morning at 9:50 a.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting an unresponsive man at 501 Port Richmond Ave.
Officers from the 24th District responded at approximately 1:37 a.m. to reports of a person with a gun in the area of Salmon and Monmouth Streets. Upon arrival, officers found the man lying unresponsive in the roadway in front of the 2900 block of Salmon Street.
A 41-year-old man was found dead inside the iconic flagship store of summer-time treat purveyors Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices on Staten Island, police said.
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