The scene on North Fifth Street above Glenwood Avenue, where the shooting happened on Friday. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Rodrigo Torrejón Published May 30, 2025, 1:49 p.m. ET

A man shot and killed his girlfriend’s ex after the two men got into a confrontation in North Philadelphia early Friday, police said.

The ex-boyfriend, a 26-year-old man, came to a house on the 3400 block of North Fifth Street shortly before 1 a.m. and got into an argument with the current boyfriend, said Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore.

The fight quickly turned violent when the new boyfriend pulled out a gun and shot the ex several times, striking him in the abdomen and left thigh, he said.

The victim, whom police did not identify, was taken to St. Christopher’s Hos

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