Police investigate after a 51-year-old man was shot in the face inside a store in North Philadelphia. NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 51-year-old man is lucky to be alive after sustaining a point-blank gunshot wound to the face, according to Philadelphia police officials.Authorities said, officers on patrol heard gunshots from inside a store on the 3000 block of 22nd Street Wednesday, just after 8:30 p.m.The officers arrived to find a man bleeding from the face and another man running from the location.
The officers gave chase on foot, catching the man, after about two blocks.The victim was driven by a private vehicle to Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Small said, after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chin.