A man was fatally shot and two people were injured in the parking lot of a Popeye’s Chicken in Kensington on Monday.
Just after 11:15 p.m. Monday, officers responded to a call for a person with a gun on the 300 block of West Lehigh Avenue. When officers arrived, they found multiple people with gunshot wounds inside a red sedan. The victims had been shot in the parking lot of the nearby Popeye’s, police said.
Police said that three suspects, all armed, went up to the sedan and fired 47 bullets into the car. After the shooting, the suspects took off on foot.
One man had multiple gunshot wounds to his head and was pronounced dead shortly after at Temple University Hospital. Another victim, a woman, suffered several gunshot wounds to her body, and the third victim, a man, had multiple gunshot wounds to his back. They were taken to Temple in stable condition.
The third victim managed to drive a few blocks to the 2700 block of North Fairhill Street, where he and the two others were found.
Police said one of the victims was a Popeye’s employee.
As of Tuesday morning, no arrests had been made and police gave no motive for the crime.
Employees who were inside cleaning up the restaurant on Tuesday afternoon said it would not be opening that day.
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