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Man killed in Fairhill shooting

Shooting occurred just before 2 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Sixth Street.

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An elementary school was briefly placed on lockdown after an unidentified man was fatally shot nearby in the city's Fairhill section Thursday afternoon, Philadelphia police said.

The victim, described as in his mid-20s, was shot in the stomach just before 2 p.m. while outdoors in the 3000 block of North Sixth Street. He was taken by police to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:08 p.m. No arrest or motive were reported.

The lockdown at Potter-Thomas Elementary at 3001 N. Sixth St.was ordered at 2:01 and lifted at 2:19 p.m.