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Teen ambushed, shot dead getting rideshare vehicle in Overbrook, police say

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A 19-year-old man was killed early Wednesday when, police said, he was ambushed by two men who opened fire as he attempted to get into a ride share vehicle in West Philly’s Overbrook section. According to Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small, the incident happened near the intersection of Wynnewood Road and Lansdowne Avenue at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday. At that time, he said, a 19-year-old man was ready to get into an Uber vehicle when two unidentified gunmen arrived and opened fire. The victim, he said, was struck multiple times in his chest and torso as dozens of shots were fired in this attack. First responders to the scene transported the victim in this shooting to a nearby hospital where, Small said, he was pronounced at about 3:25 a.m. Investigators recovered more than 40 spent shell casings at the scene, he said. Small said that officers also found a backpack at the scene with a semi-automatic rifle in it near the victim’s body. “We don’t know if the victim