Crime & Safety

1 Dead In Roxborough Drug Robbery Shooting: Report

At the scene of the shooting, police found about 28 kilograms worth of cocaine, according to a new report.

A man died in an apparent drug robbery shooting over the weekend in Roxborough.
A man died in an apparent drug robbery shooting over the weekend in Roxborough. (Renee Schiavone/Patch Staff)

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — A man was shot and killed during a large-scale drug robbery in Roxborough over the weekend, according to a report.

Action News reports ad 46-year-old man died after being shot at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday in an apartment on the 7900 block of Henry Avenue.

According to the outlet, the man was shot during a robbery, at the scene of which police found 20 kilograms of cocaine worth about $2 million. Police also found 8 kilograms of cocaine outside the apartment.

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Two men were seen driving away from the scene in a Nissan Maxima, Action News reports.

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