A man was fatally shot while driving a car Tuesday afternoon in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.
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Just after 3:50 p.m., police responded to reports of gunfire on the 9000 block of Frankford Avenue and found the victim in a Honda Accord crashed outside an AutoZone store at Frankford and Academy Road.
The man, who had been shot in the face and shoulder, was transported by medics to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:22 p.m.
The shots were fired from a tan-colored SUV that fled on Interstate 95.
Police found spent shell casings on Frankford Avenue in front of a 7-Eleven store just south of the AutoZone.
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No other information was released.