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'It's horrible': Police investigating spike in crime along Kelly Drive

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PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are investigating a spike in crime along one of Philadelphia's most popular areas for recreation and exercise.

A police source tells FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce that the Philadelphia Police Department is investigating several gunpoint carjackings near Kelly Drive.

One of the most recent carjackings happened last Friday in broad daylight along Lemon Hill Drive. The spate of violent crimes took a deadly turn early Sunday morning when police said 30-year-old Taion Carter was fatally shot in the head on the 2400 block of Kelly Drive.

Witnesses told police they heard gunshots, then saw what appeared to be two teenage males jump in a car and flee the scene in a dark-colored vehicle.A law enforcement source said most of the crimes have happened between 9:30 p.m.

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