The Brief
- A 37-year-old man was shot in the chest during a gunpoint attempted robbery just a block away from his home.
- Police say the victim was walking to a corner store just before midnight when the attempted robbery happened.
- The victim was taken by police to Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was placed in critical condition.
PHILADELPHIA – Investigators say a man was walking to a corner store near his home Tuesday night when he was shot during an attempted robbery.
What we know:
Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department were called to East Pleasant Street in Mount Airy just before midnight for reports of a shooting. …