A man was shot in the leg and struck multiple times in the face with a handgun when a fight broke out during a child custody exchange in Philadelphia overnight, police said.

According to the Philadelphia Police Department, on October 5, 2025, around 10:32 p.m., officers responded to a report of a person with a gun near Bleigh and Whitaker Avenues.

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Police said when officers got to the scene, they found a 29-year-old man with facial injuries and a gunshot wound to his left leg. He was taken to a local hospital and placed in stable condition.

Preliminary information revealed that the man was exchanging custody of his son with his ex-girlfriend when an argument broke out with her current boyfriend, accordin

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