One person is dead following a shooting outside of a Five Below store in Philadelphia on Friday, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.
The shooting happened just before 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2026, in the parking lot of the Bakers Centre shopping center on the 2800 block of Fox Street in the Nicetown section of North Philadelphia, officials said.
According to Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace, a driver approached a Pennsylvania State Constable who was working as security for the shopping center and reported a struggle behind the stores.
The constable got into his vehicle and drove to the back of the stores where he said he saw people struggling inside a black-colored SUV, Pace reported.
When the constable tried to intervene, the SUV drove off, according to Pace. There was also a second car that the constable saw drive off too but detectives are not sure if it is connected.
Then, the constable saw a 25-year-old man on the sidewalk of the shopping center suffering from gunshot wounds so he called the Philadelphia Police Department, Pace said.
When officers got to the scene, they picked up the man and drove him to a nearby hospital where he died, Pace explained.
Moments later, Pace said that another call came in reporting that a black Honda SUV was found abandoned in a cemetery on the 3200 block of West Clearfield Street.
Police who responded to that scene said they found the ignition of the SUV broken with a lot of blood inside the vehicle and one window was shattered.
Pace told NBC10 that detectives were able to confirm that the 25-year-old shooting victim is the registered owner of the black Honda SUV.
SkyForce10 was over the scene just before 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 where we could see several police cars and officers outside of the Five Below store.
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Some of the area behind the store was taped off.
NBC10 crews are heading to the scene and working to gather more information.