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Gunman in backseat kills 2 men in Philadelphia car

PHILADELPHIA – Authorities are searching for a gunman who killed the driver and the front passenger of a car in Philadelphia, firing 25 bullets from the backseat.

WPVI-TV reports the men were shot Thursday at 7:40 p.m. on Old York Road and 68th Avenue as they road east toward Broad Street in a Subaru.

A 22-year-old man was shot 19 times and a 26-year-old man was shot six times.

Both men were pronounced dead at a hospital. A motive for the shooting was not provided.

Police are searching for the gunman, whom they described only as in his 20s.

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