The man was chased by two gunmen as they fired 17 shots at the victim, investigators say.
A young man has been hospitalized after he was shot and found by officers in a vacant lot in Philadelphia, police say.
According to authorities, just after 1 a.m. on Friday, officers responded to N Carlisle Street in the North Philadelphia section of the city for reports of a shooting. Police rope off an area on N Carlisle Street after a man was found shot in the chest in a vacant lot. Officers found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the chest in a vacant lot, Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters.
Officials say he was conscious and rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was placed in critical condition. A Philadelphia police officer responds to N Carlisle Street after a shooting.
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