Philadelphia Police Crime Scene Unit officers outside the Dunkin Donuts on Roosevelt Boulevard at Levick Street after Tuesday's shooting. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Ximena Conde and Ellie Rushing Published May 27, 2025, 5:29 p.m. ET

A man police believe was a serial robber was fatally shot by a bystander early Tuesday morning behind a Dunkin’ in Mayfair, according to a law enforcement source.

Police said the man, whom officials have not yet identified, was pronounced dead on the 6400 block of East Roosevelt Boulevard shortly before 6 a.m.

Investigators believe the man and another man had robbed two gas stations earlier in the night, before descending on the Dunkin’ for a third round, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the ca

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