Investigation underway after man shot dead in Northeast Philly, officials say

An investigation is ongoing, officials said, after a man was found shot to death along a Northeast Philadelphia roadway early Thursday.

According to police, officers responded to a shooting along the 1600 block of Tyson Avenue, in the Oxford Circle section of Northeast Philadelphia around midnight, early Thursday, to find a man who had been shot.

The man — who officials only initially identified as a “John Doe” — was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced at about 3:30 a.m., police said…

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