Police searching for suspets in Nicetown murder
Philadelphia police are still searching for suspects in a recent Monday night murder in the Nicetown section of the city.
Officers were dispatched to the 4000 block of Nice Street at around 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10, according to police. There they found Francisco Rivera, 57, lying next to his 1981 Chevrolet Camaro with a gunshot wound to the head. Medics pronounced the Northeast Philadelphia man dead at the scene at 8:44 p.m. Monday.
Police have not yet determined a motive in the fatal shooting.
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