Man shot and killed in ambush outside Philadelphia mosque, police say

PHILADELPHIA: A man was attacked and shot to death outside a mosque in North Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon, police said. Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said at a media briefing that surveillance footage showed the victim, a 43-year-old man, walking with another man to the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society when the gunman ran up behind them and opened fire. The victim, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Small said he shot the victim even after he was on the ground. The shooter then fled the parking lot in a vehicle.

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