Police: One Dead, One Wounded In Shooting At Homeless Shelter In North Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Authorities say a man who had been evicted from a homeless shelter in North Philadelphia returned and opened fire, killing one employee and injuring another.
It happened shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday inside the Station House shelter in the 2600 block of North Broad Street in the Glenwood section of the city.
Officials say the man was evicted Friday night after breaking the rules by being intoxicated. Authorities said he returned Sunday morning to get his belongings, but apparently got into an argument with an employee, pulled out a gun and opened fire.
A man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene and a 26-year-old man shot in the hip was taken to a hospital.
Police say the gunman was last seen fleeing behind railroad tracks in the rear of the building.
Station House provides after-hours residential services for nearly a hundred single homeless men in the city.
Mayor Jim Kenney, in a statement, called the shooting a "heartbreaking tragedy" and urged those in need of shelter services to continue to utilize them as the city prepared to enter a Code Blue Sunday evening.
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