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Early on Wednesday, Oct. 4, Philadelphia police rushed to Appletree Street -- a narrow road between 10th and 11th streets that runs parallel to Arch Street -- to find the 38-year-old from Philadelphia's Holmesburg neighborhood bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to his head, police said.
Man dies days after being shot in head along small Chinatown street. Search continues for killer
A man died days after being shot in the head behind a bar in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood last week, police said. We have now learned his name.www.nbcphiladelphia.com
Police rushed him to a nearby hospital where Hershock remained unconscious with a "non-survivable brain injury, which is a tragedy," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said in the hours after the shooting.
"We're being told that this 38-year-old victim was with some friends in a club in the 1000 block of Arch Street, they had just exited the club," Small said.
Two of the friends were still out front of the club -- identified as Tango Bar on Arch Street -- around 3 a.m. when the victim walked around to Appletree Street, Small said. The friends then heard an argument followed by a gunshot.
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A witness saw a group of what appeared to be "juveniles" running on foot from the shooting scene, Small said.'
Note: Tango is currently listed as temporarily closed.
Tango · 1021 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
