By Associated Press - Tuesday, February 27, 2018

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A street shooting in Philadelphia has left three people wounded, including an innocent bystander who was struck by a stray bullet.

City police say the shooting occurred around 6:25 p.m. Monday.

Two men who had just left a store were confronted by a masked man who started shooting at point-blank range. One victim was shot in the head and hospitalized in critical condition, while the other was shot twice in the left arm and was in stable condition.

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A 23-year-old woman who lives on the block was farther up the street. A stray bullet struck her in the back and she was hospitalized in stable condition.

The shooter fled the scene and remained at large Tuesday.

A motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

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