PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a Philadelphia corner store employee is dead after being shot in the neck by an unknown gunman.
The deadly shooting happened just before 7 p.m. at the Jefferson Food Market on the 1500 block of North 29th Street. Police say a 37-year-old store employee was shot in the neck while stocking shelves and pronounced by responding medics.MORE LOCAL HEADLINES:The victim was later identified by family members as Jose Almonte, a husband and father of three."I don't know what to tell my two little brothers and my little sister, it's hard right now," said Derek Santana, Almonte's stepson.No arrests were reported immediately following the homicide.