Late night shooting critically injures one man in Philadelphia

    A man was critically wounded late Friday night after he was shot at the intersection of Broad Street, near Jerome Street in Philadelphia.

    According to WPVI-TV, the shooting happened around 11:35 p.m. in the city’s Hunting Park section.

    WPVI-TV says the 33-year-old victim managed to run to a Sunoco gas station nearby before he collapsed. The man was apparently shot twice with a shot gun, according to investigators.

    The shooter has not yet been found.

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    Police investigators have not released a reason for the shooting, according to WPVI-TV.

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