Wedding guest shot outside restaurant in Somerton

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Saturday, October 24, 2026 1:06PM

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A wedding guest was shot outside a restaurant in Philadelphia’s Somerton section.

It happened along the 11000 block of Rennard Street around 10:15 Friday night.

Investigators said a man attending a wedding at the Golden Gates Restaurant went outside to smoke a cigarette, when someone approached and shot him twice.

The victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.

Police were looking for a gray Honda Accord seen leaving the parking lot.

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